外交手腕

diplomatic

Characters and words in 外交手腕

wài = w + ai4

outside / in addition / foreign / external

外 = 夕 + 卜 : There's a hole in the wall of the airplane's bathroom (ai4), and from outside (外), a bat (夕) wants to enter. Willy Walrus (w) is very afraid of bats, so he does his best to hinder the bat from entering with a voodoo staff (卜).

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外

wài

交

jia̅o

diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4]

交

jia̅o = ji + ao1

to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / to intersect (lines) / variant of 跤[jiao1]

Add a new mnemonic for 交 = 亠 + 父

交 = 亠 + 父 : Linus Pauling, a famous scientist with a beret. Father Time commands Linus Pauling to hand over his beret to him in front of the aorta, but Joan of Arc comes to his rescue.

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交

jia̅o

手

shǒu

to fight hand to hand

手

shǒu = sh + ou3

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Add a new mnemonic for 手 =

Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

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手

shǒu

腕

wàn

wrist / trickery / finesse / ability / skill

腕

wàn = w + an4

wrist / (squid, starfish etc) arm

Add a new mnemonic for 腕 = 月 + 宛