零售

to retail / to sell individually or in small quantities

Characters and words in 零售

zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither

零 = 令 + 雨 : Just inside the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) it is raining (雨) heavily. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to flee the rain and to enter engine, but she has no pocket money (零钱) anymore. Instead, she shows her very special name tag (令) in the hope of being let in, but unfortunately it is not recognized.

售

shòu = sh + ou4

to sell / to make or carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)

售 = 口 + 隹 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) opened a business in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). His business plan is to sell (售) mandarins (口) by having sparrows (隹) deliver them directly to the customer. Though the delivery works well, Sherlock has problems with having the sparrows return with the money.