省略

省

shěng

略

lüè

to leave out / an omission

Characters and words in 省略

省

shěng = sh + (e)ng3

to save / to economize / to do without / to omit / to leave out / province / (archaic) central government department

省 = 少 + 目 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) opened a new office in the engine ((e)ng3), and to celebrate it he distributed saving (省) vouchers with little smileys (少) on them. Shortly afterwards the eye of providence (目) visits his office, all of the vouchers in his hands to save (省) on the bill, demanding Sherlock's services.

省

xǐng = xi + (e)ng3

to inspect / to examine / to be aware / to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)

略

lüè = lü + e4

brief; sketchy / outline; summary / to omit / (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly / plan; strategy / to capture (territory)

略 = 各 + 田 : Loki (lü) wants to play a prank on the elevator's visitors. In the bathroom (e4) he plants a field (田) of stars (各) around the toilet. His plan (略) is that the visitors will then have to step on many spiky stars if they want to reach the toilet.

略

畧

lüè = lü + e4

variant of 略[lüe4]