終身制

life tenure

Characters and words in 終身制

end / finish

终 = 冬 + 纟 : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) and the silk worm (纟) are eating udon noodles (冬) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). After a while into the dish they accidently both suck on one end (终) of the same noodle and eventually kiss.

终

終

zho̅ng

身

she̅n

lifelong / all one's life / marriage

身

she̅n = sh + (e)n1

body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158

身 = 自 + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a bodysuit.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) tries on his new bodysuit (身) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). To see himself better in his hand mirror (自), he uses a banana (丿) as a selfie stick.

制

zhì = zh + Ø4

system / to control / to regulate / variant of 製|制[zhi4]

制

製

zhì = zh + Ø4

to manufacture / to make

制 = 牛 + 巾 + 刂 : James II of England (zh) and the bull (牛) have to work in a sweatshop in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) where they manufacture (制) one printed circuit board (制) after the other. Their only tools are kitchen knives (刂) with which they carve the boards. They sweat a lot, so each of them has a towel (巾) wrapped around their neck.

Words with 終身制

終身制 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 終身制

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