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

Burang county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Spu hreng rdzong
Sri Lanka / (formerly) Ceylon
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat
Magnolia, genus of trees and shrubs
Magnoliaceae, family of trees and shrubs
Magnoliopsidae or Dicotyledoneae (class of plants distinguished by two embryonic leaves)
Mulan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], Heilongjiang
Li Jilan or Li Ye 李冶[Li3 Ye3] (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet
East Midlands, English county
Donglan county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[He4 zhou1], Guangxi
Donglan county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[He4 zhou1], Guangxi
Gram negative (of bacteria) / also written 革蘭氏陰性|革兰氏阴性
Pulandian, county-level city in Dalian 大連|大连[Da4 lian2], Liaoning
Pulandian, county-level city in Dalian 大連|大连[Da4 lian2], Liaoning
Burang county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Spu hreng rdzong

Sentences with 兰

兰 currently does not appear in any sentence.