一叶障目

一
一
叶
葉
障
障
目
目
lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees

Characters and words in 一叶障目

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.
叶
xié = xi + e2
to be in harmony
叶
葉
yè = y + e4
leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats / a surname
叶 = 十 + 口 : Maud Younger (y) practised a trick shot all day in the elevator's bathroom (e4). She's now able to throw a leaf (叶) high in the air, then quickly throw a mandarin (口) and beat the mandarin with a cross (十) like a baseball with a bat so that the mandarin rips a hole right into the leaf.
叶 = 十 + 口 : You could see the cross 十 as the leaves 叶 of the mandarin 口.
障
zhàng = zh + ang4
to block / to hinder / to obstruct
障 = 章 + 阝 : The pope (阝) wants to hinder (障) the people to live their lives, but James II of England (zh) builds a barrier (障) made of section signs (章) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) and hinders (障) the pope to exit the room, thereby saving the people.
目
mù = mu + Ø4
eye / (literary) to look; to regard / eye (of a net); mesh / mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) / item; section / list; catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name; title
目 = 囗 + 二 : Mnemonic symbol: the Eye of Providence (目).

Malte Monkey (mu-) is unpacking an enclosure (囗) full of capacitors (二). He's afraid that the Eye of Providence (目) will see him, so he does it secretly in the space station's bathroom (-Ø4).

Words with 一叶障目

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Sentences with 一叶障目

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