節衣縮食

festival / holiday / node / joint / section / segment / part / to economize / to save / to abridge / moral integrity / classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses / CL:個|个[ge4]

节 = 卩 + 艹 : Joan of Arc and the baby seal spend their holiday just inside the elevator's kitchen. They are relaxing on artificial lawn camp beds all day.

节

節

jié = ji + e2

joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour)

衣

yi̅ = y + Ø1

clothes / CL:件[jian4] / Kangxi radical 145

衣 = 𧘇 + 亠 : Mnemonic symbol: kilt.

衣 = 𧘇 + 亠 : In front of the space station, Maud Younger doesn't have a wardrobe, but just a step ladder. It's still enough for her kilt though, which she can just put over the ladder so that it doesn't lose its form, and her beret, which she puts on top of the ladder.

衣

yì = y + Ø4

to dress / to wear / to put on (clothes)

缩

縮

suo̅ = su + o1

to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4]

缩 = 宿 + 纟 : The silk worm (纟) heard that there is a new hostel (宿) in front of the observatory (o1) and wants to check it out, but as she notices that the hostel is run by Susan Saint Bernard she slowly but steadily retreats (缩).

食

shí = sh + Ø2

to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse

食 = 亽 + 艮 : Mnemonic symbol: a bag of instant noodles.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) went camping in the space station's bathroom (Ø2). As foodstuffs he brought chewing gum (艮) and instant noodles (食), but he forgot to bring his gas stove, so in front of his tipi (亽) He is eating chewing gums all day.

食

sì = s + Ø4

to feed (a person or animal)

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