见缝插针

lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch

Characters and words in 见缝插针

to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) set up a surveillance camera (mnemonic symbol for 见) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). With its help, she can see Sun Wu Kong (儿) stapling (儿) his hat to his head.
to appear / also written 現|现[xian4]
to sew / to stitch

= + : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is on a blind date (逢) with the silk worm (纟) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). The date goes very smoothly, the silk worm even sews (缝) Frankenstein new underpants.
seam / crack / narrow slit / CL:道[dao4]

= + : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is on a blind date (逢) with the silk worm (纟). In engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) he secretly inspects the panties the silk worm made for him and is amazed as he finds out that the panties are without any seams (缝).
to insert / stick in / pierce / to take part in / to interfere / to interpose

= + : While separating grain and husk (臿) in front of the ashram (a1), Charlie Chaplin (ch) accidentally sticks (插) his hand (扌) into the mortar and under the kilo (臿).
old variant of 插[cha1]

= + : While separating grain and husk (臿) in front of the ashram (a1), Charlie Chaplin (ch) accidentally sticks (插) his hand (扌) into the mortar and under the kilo (臿).
needle / pin / injection / stitch / CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]

= + : James II of England (zh) found a huge cross made from a bone and a flute (十) with a golden harpoon (钅) sticking in the bone in front of the encampment ((e)n1). He wants to find out where it came from, so he uses a needle (针) to draw bone marrow from the bone to analyze its DNA, and it turns out that it once belonged to a white whale.
variant of 針|针[zhen1], needle

Words with 见缝插针

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