血本无归

to lose everything one invested (idiom) / to lose one's shirt
(idiom) to lose everything one invested; to lose one's shirt

Characters and words in 血本无归

blood / colloquial pr. [xie3] / CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: blood transfusion.

Xu Xian hurt himself and needs to get a blood transfusion in the elevator's bathroom. He found a petal leaf as donor, which is bleeding droplets into a bowl; Xu Xian gets the blood from the bowl as infusion using some tubes.
hard-earned capital
root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

= + : Beelzebub (b) finds a Christmas tree (木) in the encampment ((e)n3) and feels like eating its roots (本). He uses a flute (一) to chop the roots right off.
not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

= + 𠂇 + : Mnemonic symbol: the philosopher Diogenes, who has nothing and wants nothing.

= + 𠂇 + : Just inside the space station's entrance, Diogenes is annoyed by Willy Walrus, who's playing his flute. Diogenes just wants a peaceful time without being disturbed, so he cuts the flute into pieces with a pair of scissors, and threatens to beat Willy Walrus with a shovel should he annoy Diogenes again.

Mnemonic symbol: 無爲, wu2 wei2, the state of non-doing after having attained complete harmony with the Tao.

Willy Walrus (w) has attained Wu Wei (無) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2), while from the outside it may seem like he is napping.
surname Gui

= + : Gitta Giraffe (gu) was given the responsibility (归) to guard the Eiffel Tower. In front of it (ei1) she stands guard holding a tiny kitchen knife (刂) in her hand in case of attacks, and a pig's snout (彐) on her head as kind of a helmet.
to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

= + : Gitta Giraffe (gu) was given the responsibility (归) to guard the Eiffel Tower. In front of it (ei1) she stands guard holding a tiny kitchen knife (刂) in her hand in case of attacks, and a pig's snout (彐) on her head as kind of a helmet.

Words with 血本无归

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