土木

土

tǔ

木

mù

building / construction / civil engineering

Characters and words in 土木

土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu

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土

tǔ = tu + Ø3

earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

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土 = 十 + 一 : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.

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木

mù = mu + Ø4

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

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木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.

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