天问

Tianwen, or Questions to Heaven, a long poem by Chu Yuan 屈原[Qu1 Yuan2] / Tianwen, a series of interplanetary missions developed by the China National Space Administration starting in 2016, named after the poem

Characters and words in 天问

天

tia̅n = ti + an1

day / sky / heaven

天 = 一 + 大 : Mother Teresa (ti) programmed a robot (大) to play a flute duet together with her in front of the anthill (an1). As they play their flutes (一) an angel (天) hears their heavenly tune and descends from heaven to listen to them.

问

問

wèn = w + (e)n4

to ask / to inquire

问 = 口 + 门 : Willy Walrus sees a mouthwatering mandarin hanging over a door in the floor of the encampment's bathroom. He asks himself: "is it a trap?"

问

問

wèn = w + (e)n4

to ask; to inquire