察微知著

to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom) / to deduce the whole story from small traces

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short name for Chahar Province 察哈爾|察哈尔[Cha2 ha1 er3]
to examine / to inquire / to observe / to inspect / to look into / obvious / clearly evident

= + : Charlie Chaplin (ch) just graduated, but in the ashram's kitchen an undercover agent (察) confronts him. The undercover agent has been investigating (察) Charlie's activities for quite some time and accuses Charlie of having copied most of his thesis. Charlie Chaplin bursts out in tears and admits the charges. He instantly offers to burn his graduation cap (宀) as a sacrifice (祭), hoping to appease the undercover agent.
variant of 察[cha2]
surname Wei / ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing / Taiwan pr. [Wei2]

= + + + + : Mnemonic symbol: a microscope.

Willy Walrus set up his microscope on a small table in front of the Eiffel Tower. He is investigating a very interesting crystal: the crystal looks like a big flute, and when he chips off pieces with a sledgehammer they also look like little flutes. He stores the chips in a black sneaker and to put them under the microscope he uses a fork.
tiny / miniature / slightly / profound / abtruse / to decline / one millionth part of / micro- / Taiwan pr. [wei2]

= + + + + : Mnemonic symbol: a microscope.

Willy Walrus set up his microscope on a small table in front of the Eiffel Tower. He is investigating a very interesting crystal: the crystal looks like a big flute, and when he chips off pieces with a sledgehammer they also look like little flutes. He stores the chips in a black sneaker and to put them under the microscope he uses a fork.
to know / to be aware

= + : Mnemonic symbol: Francis Bacon is attributed to have stated "scientia potentia est", "knowledge is power". I'll thus represent 知 by Francis Bacon. Francis Bacon (知) and James II of England (zh) are playing darts (矢) in front of the space station (Ø1). Because they lack a dart board they just use a mandarin (口).
(chess) move / trick / all right! / (dialect) to add
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in

= + : In the aorta's kitchen (ao2), James II of England (zh) has first contact (着) with the sheep's (羊) wool. He is so amazed by the feeling that he can't stop cuddling with the sheep and finally falls asleep (着). Unfortunately the Eye of Providence (目) watches all of it and is so jealous that it catches fire (着).
aspect particle indicating action in progress

= + : James II of England (zh) cuddles with the sheep (羊) also on the roof of the aorta (e5), and again the Eye of Providence (目) catches fire (着) out of jealousy as it watches the action in progress(着).
to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply
to make known / to show / to prove / to write / book / outstanding

= + : The Sun King (者) writes his memoirs in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) on sheets of artificial lawn (艹), and Julian Giant Squid (zhu) immediately reads these important (著) documents (著).

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