名垂青史

名
垂
青
史
lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory

Characters and words in 名垂青史

名
míng = mi + (e)ng2
name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people
名 = 口 + 夕 : Mnemonic symbol: a name badge (from 名牌).

Marilyn Monroe (mi) prepared a mandarin (口) for her bat (夕) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) and put her little darling's name badge (名) in front of it.
垂
chuí = chu + ei2
to hang (down) / droop / dangle / bend down / hand down / bequeath / nearly / almost / to approach
垂 = 壬 + 工 + 工 : The cat o' nine tails (壬) has been chasing Chantal Chicken (chu) all around the Eiffel Tower. In the kitchen (ei2) there is a weeping willow (垂, 垂柳) on which Chantal Chicken sits. Next to the willow, the cat o' nine tails is approaching. Both of them are holding a steel beam (工) in their hands to use as sword in their final encounter.
垂
青
to show appreciation for sb / to look upon sb with favor
青
qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1
abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province
青
qi̅ng = qi + (e)ng1
green / blue / black / youth / young (of people)
青 = 龶 + 月 : Mnemonic symbol: a cyan-colored fountain of youth.
青 = 龶 + 月 : The moon opened a very profitable start-up in front of the engine. He put up a fountain of youth and--wearing a fancy headdress--charges the Queen of Hearts a fortune for drinking from the fountain.
青
史
annal / historical record / CL:筆|笔[bi3]
史
shǐ = sh + Ø3
surname Shi
史
shǐ = sh + Ø3
history / annals / title of an official historian in ancient China
史 = 口 + 乂 : For a mission in the space station (Ø3) Sherlock Holmes (sh) has to find out the history (史) of a mandarin (口), so with a pair of pliers (乂) he took to the space station he squeezes the mandarin like an orange.

Words with 名垂青史

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