自身難保

自

zì

身

she̅n

难

難

nán

保

bǎo

powerless to defend oneself (idiom); helpless

Characters and words in 自身難保

自

zì = z + Ø4

self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely

自 = 丶 + 目 : Mnemonic symbol: a hand mirror, which someone uses to look at themselves.

The Eye of Providence (目) is looking at itself (自) in a handheld mirror (自) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). It think it's indeed looking very good, since Zorro (z) attached a petal (丶) to its eye (目).

自

zì

身

she̅n

itself / oneself / one's own

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.

难

難

nán = n + an2

difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good

难 = 又 + 隹 : Mnemonic symbol: a video game which is almost impossible to beat.

难 = 又 + 隹 : Just inside the anthill's kitchen, Napoleon and a sparrow are trying to beat an insanely difficult video game. After playing and failing all day long Napoleon finally loses his temper and crashes the game wearing two boxing gloves.

难

難

nàn = n + an4

disaster / distress / to scold

难

難

nán

保

bǎo

hard to say / can't guarantee / difficult to protect / difficult to preserve

保

bǎo = b + ao3

Bulgaria / Bulgarian / abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4]

保

bǎo = b + ao3

to defend; to protect; to keep / to guarantee; to ensure / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old)

保 = 亻 + 呆 : Mnemonic symbol: a safe.

In the aorta (ao3), the fool (呆) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) unite their forces to protect (保) the world and try to lock Beelzebub (b) in a safe (保).