画地为狱

画
畫
地
地
为
為
狱
獄
see 畫地為牢|画地为牢[hua4 di4 wei2 lao2]

Characters and words in 画地为狱

画
畫
huà = hu + a4
to draw / picture / painting / CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1] / classifier for paintings etc / variant of 劃|划[hua4]
画 = 一 + 田 + 凵 : Helga Horse (hu) decided to make the ashram's bathroom (a4) more beautiful, so she paints (画) her favourite field (田) on the wall using a flute (一). She doesn't watch out for the receptacles (凵) though, and gets shocked as her flute gets stuck in one of them.
地
de = d + e5
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
地
dì = di + Ø4
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]
地 = 也 + 土 : Dorothy Gale (di) hates the cleanliness of the space station, so she used an excavator (也) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to dig a pile of dirt (土) out of the ground (地) for a mud bath.
为
為
wéi = w + ei2
as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)
为
為
wèi = w + ei4
because of / for / to
为 = ⺀ + 力 : This one looks like a bird with crazy hair, and when I googled "bird with crazy hair", wow was I amazed how many birds with crazy hair there are! Penguins are birds with crazy hair! So let's use a penguin for this character.
为 = ⺀ + 力 : The crazy hair penguin wants to use the Eiffel Tower's bathroom, but because Willy Walrus just finished it stinks like hell. The first thing crazy hair penguin does is to press the button to release a heap of blossoms to make the air breathable again.
为
爲
wéi = w + ei2
variant of 為|为[wei2] / as (i.e. in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do
为
爲
wèi = w + ei4
variant of 為|为[wei4]
为
爲
wéi = w + ei2
variant of 為|为[wei2]
狱
獄
yù = yu + Ø4
prison
狱 = 犭 + 讠 + 犬 : Yu the Great (yu) opened an animal shelter in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), and she put up an advertisement column (讠) with the faces of her dachshund (犭) and her Saint Bernard dog (犬). For the dogs however the animal shelter is more like a prison (狱) because they are kept in small cages.

Words with 画地为狱

画地为狱 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 画地为狱

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