百里挑一

百
百
里
裡
挑
挑
一
一
one in a hundred / cream of the crop

Characters and words in 百里挑一

百
bǎi = b + ai3
hundred / numerous / all kinds of
百 = 一 + 白 : Mnemonic symbol: a one hundred 元 bill.

Beelzebub (b) enjoys preparing to allure mortals. In the airplane's living room (ai3) he's waving a flute (一) as a magic wand and enchanting one hundred white flags (白) to look like one hundred (百) one hundred 元 bills (百).
百
里
two-character surname Baili
里
裏
lǐ = li + Ø3
variant of 裡|里[li3]
里
裡
lǐ = li + Ø3
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]
里 = 土 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (里).
里
lǐ = li + Ø3
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
挑
tia̅o = ti + ao1
to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick
挑 = 兆 + 扌 : In front of the aorta (ao1) Mother Teresa (ti) is carrying two vultures (兆) on a toy claw (扌) used as shoulder stick (挑).
挑
tiǎo = ti + ao3
to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up
挑 = 兆 + 扌 : Mother Teresa (ti) is lying motionless inside of the aorta (ao3). The vultures (兆) want to know if she's already dead, so they poke (挑) her with a toy claw (扌).
一
yi̅ = y + Ø1
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.

Words with 百里挑一

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Sentences with 百里挑一

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