来
to come / to arrive / to come round / ever since / next
来 character breakdown
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
"eight" component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 八[ba1]
Mnemonic symbol: a crocodile with mean eyes. Beelzebub (b) is fighting with eight crocodiles (丷) in front of the ashram (a1).
not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
未
=
一
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木
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Shortly after finishing a new installation in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom, Ai Weiwei is imprisoned by Willy Walrus, because—out of all places—Ai Weiwei put his new installation right into Willy Walrus's toilet. Ai Weiwei's installation is a Christmas tree with a tiny, slightly tilted flute on top. Ai Weiwei would really, really like to correct the tilted flute, but so far, Willy Walrus has not yet let him out.
Characters with 来 as component
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc) / Chenopodium album
Words with 来
(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)
original / former / originally / formerly / at first / so, actually, as it turns out
there has never been and never will be another person like this (idiom) / never done before and unlikely to be matched in the future / peerless
Strait of Calais in the English channel / Strait of Dover / Pas-de-Calais, département of France
unique / unprecedented (idiom)
if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it