万念俱灰

every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened

Characters and words in 万念俱灰

used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]
surname Wan
ten thousand / a great number

= + : As mnemonic symbol I choose a neuron, since each neuron is said to connect to 10000 others.

= + : Willy Walrus needs to dig up the floor in the anthill's bathroom, but he is tired of doing so manually with a plough. To make his life easier, he sets up a wind wheel for electricity, connects a neuron to the wind wheel and the plough to transmit the electricity and uses his new DIY electric plough to dig much faster.
variant of 念[nian4], to read aloud

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a lectern to read something aloud.
to read / to study (a subject) / to attend (a school) / to read aloud / to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]) / to miss (sb) / idea / remembrance / twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a lectern to read something aloud.
entirely / without exception / (literary) to be together / to be alike

= + : Zeus shows Rosa Luxemburg his tool box in the space station's bathroom. He's proud that he has, without exception, all ring wrench sizes at his hand.
(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception / (literary) to be together / (literary) to be alike
ash / dust / lime / gray / discouraged; dejected

= 𠂇 + : Helga Horse (hu) wants to cut out a piece of fire (火) in front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1) using a pair of scissors (𠂇), but every time she cuts she just gets a little bit of gray ashes (灰).

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