行不由径

行
行
不
不
由
由
径
徑
lit. never taking a short-cut (idiom); fig. upright and honest

Characters and words in 行不由径

行
háng = h + ang2
row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column
行
xíng = xi + (e)ng2
to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense
行 = 亍 + 彳 : Mnemonic symbol from "to travel": seven-league boots.

Xi Shi (xi) is tired of walking with a black sneaker on her left foot (彳) and a full armor boot on her right foot (亍). Fortunately she finds seven-league boots (行) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2).
不
bù = bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
不
由
can't help (doing sth)
由
yóu = y + ou2
to follow / from / because of / due to / by / via / through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
由 = 丨 + 曰 : Mnemonic symbol: 自由古巴， a cuba libre. The character 由 itself even looks like a cuba libre.

Maud Younger (y) is taking part in a charity auction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). She is auctioning the dinosaur bone (丨) next to her and is speaking into a microphone (曰). In the other hand she is holding a cuba libre (由), and she is already quite drunk.
由
yóu = y + ou2
to follow / from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
由
由
径
徑
to follow a narrow path
径
徑
jìng = ji + (e)ng4
footpath / track / diameter / straight / directly
径 = 圣 + 彳 : Father Christmas (圣) gives black sneakers (彳) to Joan of Arc (ji) in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). Joan of Arc happily puts her new shoes on instantaneously and circles father Christmas on a track (径) with a very small diameter (径), making father Christmas feel quite uncomfortable.

Words with 行不由径

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Sentences with 行不由径

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