裹足不前

裹
足
不
前
to stand still without advancing (idiom); to hesitate and hold back

Characters and words in 裹足不前

裹
guǒ = gu + o3
to bind / to wrap / a bundle / a parcel
裹 = 果 + 衣 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) wants to show her relatives what kind of food she eats, so she wraps (裹) a few fruits (果) into a kilt (衣) and sends the parcel (裹) off in the observatory (o3).
裹
guǒ = gu + o3
to wrap around / bundle; parcel; package / to press into service; to pressgang; to make off with (sth)
足
jù = ju + Ø4
excessive
足
zú = zu + Ø2
foot / to be sufficient / ample
足 = 龰 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a football. Zapatista Zebra (zu) wants to pimp his football (足) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He thinks that a few more vitamins wouldn't hurt, so he extracts the vitamins from a mandarin (口) with a syringe (龰) to inject them into his football.
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.
前
qián = qi + an2
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly
前 = 䒑 + 刖 : The Queen of Hearts is smoking some weed just inside the anthill's kitchen. She's so high that she thinks the lamp in front of her is the moon which wants to stab her with a kitchen knife.
前 = 䒑 + 刖 : Mnemonic symbol: a front panel.

Words with 裹足不前

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