養虎傷身

养
養
虎
虎
伤
傷
身
身
Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom

Characters and words in 養虎傷身

养
養
yǎng = y + ang3
to raise (animals) / to bring up (children) / to keep (pets) / to support / to give birth
Add a new mnemonic for 养 = 介 + 羊
养 = 介 + 羊 : Maud Younger wants to send a sheep to the moon using a rocket in the anglepod.
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虎
hǔ = hu + Ø3
tiger / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
Add a new mnemonic for 虎 = 几 + 虍
Add a new mnemonic for 虎 = 虍 + 儿
虎 = 几 + 虍 : Helga Horse (hu) is trying once more to get some nice stripes (虍). This time she is lying on the tiger's (虎) small table (几) to have him tattoo the stripes on her body in the space station (Ø3).
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伤
傷
sha̅ng = sh + ang1
to injure / injury / wound
Add a new mnemonic for 伤 = 亻 + 𠂉 + 力
Add a new mnemonic for 傷 = 亻 + 𠂉 + 旦 + 勿
伤 = 亻 + 𠂉 + 力 : Sherlock Holmes hurt himself when he got struck by one of the traps in front of the anglepod. Luckily Rosa Luxemburg passes by: she has the key to unlock the power button of the trap system and turns it off, so that Sherlock can free himself.
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伤
傷
身
身
to be harmful to one's health
身
she̅n = sh + (e)n1
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158
Add a new mnemonic for 身 = 自 + 丿
身 = 自 + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a bodysuit.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) tries on his new bodysuit (身) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). To see himself better in his hand mirror (自), he uses a banana (丿) as a selfie stick.
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