田忌赛马

田
田
忌
忌
赛
賽
马
馬
Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins) (idiom)

Characters and words in 田忌赛马

田
tián = ti + an2
field / farm / CL:片[pian4]
田 = 囗 + 十 : Mother Teresa (ti) wants to plant a field (田) of crosses (十) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She ordered an enclosure (囗) full of crosses (十) and puts them up one by one.
忌
jì = ji + Ø4
to be jealous of / fear / dread / scruple / to avoid or abstain from / to quit / to give up sth
忌 = 己 + 心 : Joan of Arc (ji) wants to just give up (忌), so in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she pulls out her heart (心) using a butcher's hook (己).
赛
賽
sài = s + ai4
to compete / competition / match / to surpass / better than / superior to / to excel
赛 = 宀 + 井 + 丌 + 贝 : Socrates (s) and the crab (贝) are competing in a competition (赛) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). The competition is about stacking wells (井) as high as possible. After time's up, Socrates is the clear winner. He climbs the winner's pedestal (丌) and receives a honorary PhD and thus a graduation cap (宀).
赛
賽
马
馬
horse race / horse racing
马
馬
mǎ = m + a3
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
马
馬
mǎ = m + a3
horse / CL:匹[pi3] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess
马 = ㇖ + ㇉ + 一 : A beautiful unicorn rides on top of Mahatma Gandhi in the ashram.

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