to watch attentively / to fix one's attention on / to stare at / to gaze at
盯
=
丁
+
目
:
The eye of providence (目) is staring (盯) at Dorothy Gale (di) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Dorothy is very annoyed by the eye's rude behavior and sticks a nail (丁) into its eye.
梢
=
木
+
肖
:
Sherlock Holmes (sh) set up a Christmas Tree (木) in front of the aorta (ao1). Because he lacks a star for the top of the tree (梢) he asks the little prince (肖) to chip in and climb to the top of the tree.
