surname Lan / abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu
orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii) / fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei) / lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)

= + : In the anthill's kitchen Lancelot sees a mean crocodile and wants to capture it with a coordinate system. The crocodile just wants to be friends with Lancelot though and gives him an orchid.

兰 character breakdown

three / 3

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a Cartesian coordinate system with three (三) axes.

Socrates (s-) is performing in front of the anthill (-an1). He created an electrical flute by attaching a large capacitor (二) to the flute (一), so that he can get the attention of all the ants. Moreover, he's balancing on a Cartesian coordinate system (三). Unfortunately, only three (三) ants stop to watch the performance.
"eight" component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 八[ba1]

Mnemonic symbol: a crocodile with mean eyes. Beelzebub (b) is fighting with eight crocodiles (丷) in front of the ashram (a1).
one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system

Characters with 兰 as component

soft; mushy / well-cooked and soft / to rot; to decompose / rotten / worn out / chaotic; messy / utterly; thoroughly / crappy; bad

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) is taking a bath in the anthill's bathroom (an4). The bathtub is sitting on a fire (火), so the water is really hot. Sir Lancelot has added a few orchids (兰) to the bath, but because the water is so warm, they're all mushy and rotten (烂).
fence / railing / hurdle / column or box (of text or other data)

= + : Lancelot (l) is taking part in a hurdles (栏) race just inside the anthill's kitchen (an2). The hurdles are made out of orchids (兰) and Christmas trees (木). For sure tomorrow there will be a special column (栏) about this event in the newspaper.
to block sb's path / to obstruct / to flag down (a taxi)

= + : Sir Lancelot is rushing through the anthill's kitchen. He tries to flag down a taxi using a toy claw and an orchid.

Words with 兰

Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
vanilla / Vanilla planifolia
Gram-positive (bacteria)
vanilla (Vanilla planifolia)
Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
Feng Youlan (1895-1990), distinguished Chinese philosopher
McMillan or MacMillan (name) / Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), UK conservative politician, prime minister 1957-1963
agave (genus of plants) / Agave americana / tequila
double-stamen orchid (Diplandrorchis sinica S.C. Chen), an endangered species
Mr Gram / Dr. Hans Christian Jaochim Gram (1953-1938), Danish doctor and inventor of the Gram stain 革蘭氏染色法|革兰氏染色法
Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria)
Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind)

Sentences with 兰

兰 currently does not appear in any sentence.