绵里藏针

绵
綿
里
裡
藏
藏
针
針
lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom) / fig. ruthless character behind a gentle appearance / a wolf in sheep's clothing / an iron fist in a velvet glove

Characters and words in 绵里藏针

绵
綿
mián = mi + an2
silk floss / continuous / soft / weak / mild-mannered (dialect)
绵
緜
mián = mi + an2
old variant of 綿|绵[mian2] / cotton
里
裏
lǐ = li + Ø3
variant of 裡|里[li3]
里
裡
lǐ = li + Ø3
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]
里 = 土 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (里).
里
lǐ = li + Ø3
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
藏
zàng = z + ang4
Tibet / abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏[Xi1 zang4]
藏 = 艹 + 臧 : Zorro (z) found some very nice and good (臧) artificial lawn (艹) in the Anchor Wat. In the bathroom (ang4), he secretly built a storehouse (藏) to hide the artificial lawn.
藏
cáng = c + ang2
to conceal / to hide away / to harbor / to store / to collect
藏 = 艹 + 臧 : The King of Chu (c) got into a security inspection Just inside the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). He just got some very nice and good (臧) artificial lawn (艹) which would be taken away, so he tries to hide (藏) it in his beard.
藏
zàng = z + ang4
storehouse / depository / Buddhist or Taoist scripture
藏 = 艹 + 臧 : Zorro (z) found some very nice and good (臧) artificial lawn (艹) in the Anchor Wat. In the bathroom (ang4), he secretly built a storehouse (藏) to hide the artificial lawn.
针
針
zhe̅n = zh + (e)n1
needle / pin / injection / stitch / CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]
针 = 十 + 钅 : James II of England (zh) found a huge cross made from a bone and a flute (十) with a golden harpoon (钅) sticking in the bone in front of the encampment ((e)n1). He wants to find out where it came from, so he uses a needle (针) to draw bone marrow from the bone to analyze its DNA, and it turns out that it once belonged to a white whale.
针
鍼
zhe̅n = zh + (e)n1
variant of 針|针[zhen1], needle

Words with 绵里藏针

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Sentences with 绵里藏针

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