鬆弛

松

鬆

so̅ng

弛

chí

to relax / relaxed / limp / lax

Characters and words in 鬆弛

松

鬆

so̅ng = su + (e)ng1

loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)

松 = 公 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: 松鼠, a squirrel.

The squirrel (松) almost got a heart attack when it drove its bus (公) off of one of the stones in front of the engine ((e)ng1), but as it realizes it got stuck in the Susan Saint Bernard's (su) web which spans a Christmas tree (木) and one of the engine's boulders the squirrel (松) relaxes (放松).

弛

chí = ch + Ø2

to unstring a bow / to slacken / to relax / to loosen

弛 = 弓 + 也 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) wants to unstring (弛) his bow (弓) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2), but the bow string is too tight. He has to use an excavator's (也) shovel to pin the bow to the ground to be able to untighten the string.