塔里木

塔

tǎ

里

lǐ

木

mù

the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang

Characters and words in 塔里木

塔

tǎ = t + a3

pagoda / tower / minaret / stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo) / CL:座[zuo4]

塔 = 土 + 荅 : Tecumseh (t) opened a minaret (塔) in the ashram (a3). Because he is too lazy to sing himself all day, he set up an answering machine (荅) to play the prayers and built a funnel out of clay (土) for better sound.

塔

墖

tǎ = t + a3

old variant of 塔[ta3]

里

裏

lǐ = li + Ø3

variant of 裡|里[li3]

里

裡

lǐ = li + Ø3

lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]

里 = 土 + 田 : Mnemonic symbol: a sunflower. The 田 part looks like the blossom and 土 looks like the stem and leaves. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to put up a field (田) inside (里) the space station's living room (Ø3). First she puts some earth (土) here and there, and then she plants lots of sunflowers (里).

里

lǐ = li + Ø3

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels

木

mù = mu + Ø4

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

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.