退避三舍

退 = 艮 + 辶 : Tommy Turtle (tu) recently retired (退) and retreated (退) into the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). There he just wears gladiator sandals (辶), blows chewing gum bubbles (艮) and ponders the sense of life.

退

tuì = tu + ei4

to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline

退

tuì

避

bì

to withdraw

避

bì = bi + Ø4

to avoid / to shun / to flee / to escape / to keep away from / to leave / to hide from

避 = 辟 + 辶 : Brunhilde (bi) is keeping a jade dragon (辟) as cuddle pet in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and dresses him funny clothing such as gladiator sandals (辶). One time the jade dragon tried to escape (避), but he got all tangled up in the gladiator sandals' laces until he couldn't move anymore.

三

sa̅n = s + an1

three / 3

三 = 一 + 二 : 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.

舍

捨

shě = sh + e3

to give up / to abandon / to give alms

舍 = 人 + 舌 : Mnemonic symbol: a pawn who is abandoned to save the king.

Neanderthal Man (人) is so hungry that he opens his mouth, sticks out his tongue (舌) and is about to devour Sherlock Holmes (sh) in the elevator (e3), but Sherlock Holmes acts quickly enough to throw a pawn (舍) onto Neanderthal Man's tongue so that he munches the pawn instead.

舍

shè = sh + e4

surname She

舍

shě = sh + e3

old variant of 捨|舍[she3]

舍

shè = sh + e4

residence

舍

捨

shě = sh + e3