開幕

开

開

ka̅i

幕

mù

to open (a conference) / to inaugurate

Characters and words in 開幕

开

開

ka̅i = k + ai1

to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

开 = 一 + 廾 : A bottle opener. Karl Marx is sitting in front of the airplane, begging for money. He's playing a flute and has his bottle opener ready for the next beer, but unfortunately, he'll be carried away, his hands cuffed, soon.

幕

mù = mu + Ø4

curtain or screen / canopy or tent / headquarters of a general / act (of a play)

幕 = 巾 + 莫 : Mozart (莫) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), and just wearing a towel (巾) he goes behind a screen (幕) to get dressed. He thinks it is a little weird that Malte Monkey (mu) is in the room at the same time, staring at him without blinking even once.

幕

幙

mù = mu + Ø4

old variant of 幕[mu4] / curtain / screen