协商

to consult with / to talk things over / agreement

Characters and words in 协商

xié = xi + e2

to cooperate / to harmonize / to help / to assist / to join

协 = 办 + 十 : Marie Curie (xi) announces her new cooperative society (协) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). She wants to give crosses (十) to the poor. In reality her society is nothing more than a scam business (办): the crosses cost a lot of money.

商

sha̅ng = sh + ang1

Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC) / surname Shang

商 = 立 + 冏 : In front of the anglepod, Sherlock Holmes set up a pop-up store. He sells velvetleaf plants which he put in vases.

商

sha̅ng = sh + ang1

commerce / merchant / dealer / to consult / 2nd note in pentatonic scale / quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)

商 = 立 + 冏 : In front of the anglepod, Sherlock Holmes set up a pop-up store. He sells velvetleaf plants which he put in vases.