顺手牵羊

lit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom) / fig. to opportunistically pocket sb's possessions and walk off

Characters and words in 顺手牵羊

to obey / to follow / to arrange / to make reasonable / along / favorable

顺 = 川 + 页 : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) witnesses a creek (川) forming in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4), and subsequently a paper (页) boat floating by. Sheldon recognizes this omen and knows that he has to follow (顺) his fate.

顺

順

shùn

手

shǒu

easily / without trouble / while one is at it / in passing / handy

手

shǒu = sh + ou3

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

牵

牽

qia̅n = qi + an1

to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in

牵 = 大 + 冖 + 牛 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) likes surfing, but there is no water in front of the anthill (an1). She doesn't care though, she just has the robot (大) and the bull (牛) pull her on a tether (牵) while she is surfing on a cooking top (冖).

羊

yáng = y + ang2

surname Yang

羊

yáng = y + ang2

sheep / goat / CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]

羊 = 丫 + 三 : Maud Younger is looking for gender equality just inside the anglepod's kitchen—and a dowsing rod is her tool of choice. A sheep sees this and imitates her, using a Cartesian coordinate system as a dowsing rod substitute.

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