進退自如

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進
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free to come and go (idiom) / to have room to maneuver

Characters and words in 進退自如

进
進
jìn = ji + (e)n4
to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound
进 = 井 + 辶 : Joan of Arc fell into a well after she entered the encampment's bathroom, but luckily one of her gladiator sandals got stuck on one toilet, so now she can use the string to climb out of the well.
进
進
退
退
to advance or retreat / knowing when to come and when to leave / a sense of propriety
退
tuì = tu + ei4
to retreat / to decline / to move back / to withdraw
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
自
zì = z + Ø4
self / oneself / from / since / naturally / surely
自 = 丶 + 目 : Mnemonic symbol: a hand mirror, which someone uses to look at themselves.

The Eye of Providence (目) is looking at itself (自) in a handheld mirror (自) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). It think it's indeed looking very good, since Zorro (z) attached a petal (丶) to its eye (目).
自
如
unobstructed / unconstrained / smoothly / with ease / freely
如
rú = ru + Ø2
as / as if / such as
如 = 口 + 女 : Mnemonic symbol: Asif ibn Barkhiya, according to the Qur'an, throne hauler at the court of king Salomon.
如 = 口 + 女 : Just inside the space station's entrance, Asif ibn Barkhiya, Rachel Rhinoceros and Bessie Coleman are playing monkey, throwing a mandarin as if they were little kids.

Words with 進退自如

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