阴沟里翻船

阴
陰
沟
溝
里
裡
翻
翻
船
船
to meet with unexpected failure (idiom) / to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)

Characters and words in 阴沟里翻船

阴
陰
yi̅n = y + (e)n1
surname Yin
阴 = 月 + 阝 : Maud Younger (y) and the pope (阝) are out for a walk in front of the encampment ((e)n1). They are surprised that it is so dark and think that it must be quite cloudy (阴), but it is just the moon (月) which is floating above them and shielding off the sun.
阴
陰
yi̅n = y + (e)n1
overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia
阴 = 月 + 阝 : Maud Younger (y) and the pope (阝) are out for a walk in front of the encampment ((e)n1). They are surprised that it is so dark and think that it must be quite cloudy (阴), but it is just the moon (月) which is floating above them and shielding off the sun.
阴
隂
yi̅n = y + (e)n1
variant of 陰|阴[yin1]
阴 = 月 + 阝 : Maud Younger (y) and the pope (阝) are out for a walk in front of the encampment ((e)n1). They are surprised that it is so dark and think that it must be quite cloudy (阴), but it is just the moon (月) which is floating above them and shielding off the sun.
沟
溝
go̅u = g + ou1
ditch / gutter / groove / gully / ravine / CL:道[dao4]
沟 = 勾 + 氵 : In front of the outhouse (ou1) Guy Fawkes (g) drew (勾) a photo-realistic comic (勾) of an open gully (沟) on the floor. The people are afraid to step onto it because it looks so real. They only start to believe Guy Fawkes that it's not as he spills a bottle of water (氵) over his chalk painting.
里
裏
lǐ = li + Ø3
variant of 裡|里[li3]
里
裡
lǐ = li + Ø3
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]
里 = 土 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (里).
里
lǐ = li + Ø3
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
翻
fa̅n = f + an1
to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross
翻 = 番 + 羽 : In front of the anthill (an1), Frankenstein's Monster (f) is flipping over (翻) his tomatoes (番) very, very carefully. In order not to damage them he always turns them over on a few feathers (羽).
翻
飜
fa̅n = f + an1
variant of 翻[fan1]
翻 = 番 + 羽 : In front of the anthill (an1), Frankenstein's Monster (f) is flipping over (翻) his tomatoes (番) very, very carefully. In order not to damage them he always turns them over on a few feathers (羽).
翻
船
to capsize / (fig.) to suffer a setback or defeat
船
舩
chuán = chu + an2
variant of 船[chuan2]
船 = 舟 + 几 + 口 : Since the sea levels have risen, Chantal Chicken used to go sailing just inside the anthill's kitchen, but today, a yellow submarine got stuck in the door. Chantal Chicken has no choice but to wait next to her sailing boat on the makeshift pier which is basically just a small table. While waiting she peels and eats a mandarin.
船
chuán = chu + an2
boat / vessel / ship / CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]
船 = 舟 + 几 + 口 : Since the sea levels have risen, Chantal Chicken used to go sailing just inside the anthill's kitchen, but today, a yellow submarine got stuck in the door. Chantal Chicken has no choice but to wait next to her sailing boat on the makeshift pier which is basically just a small table. While waiting she peels and eats a mandarin.

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