專美於前

专
專
美
美
于
於
前
前
to monopolize the limelight (idiom) / to get all the glory / to rank highest

Characters and words in 專美於前

专
專
zhua̅n = zhu + an1
for a particular person, occasion, purpose / focused on one thing / special / expert / particular (to sth) / concentrated / specialized
专 = 二 + ㇉ + ㇏ : Let's say the expert is a scientist. Also, 专 reminds me a little bit of the wheelchair symbol. Thus I choose a scientist in a wheelchair as symbol for 专.
专 = 二 + ㇉ + ㇏ : In front of the anthill, the scientist and Julian Giant Squid are focused on one thing: Electrifying the wheelchair of the scientist. Deeply concentrated they connect a capacitor to the wheelchair, which indeed starts to move a little.
美
měi = m + ei3
(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]) / (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])
美 = 大 + 羊 : Mnemonic symbol: a very beautiful 美女
美 = 大 + 羊 : Mahatma Gandhi, the sheep and the robot are all very much blown away by a very beautiful 美女 inside of the Eiffel Tower.
美
měi = m + ei3
beautiful / very satisfactory / good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself
美 = 大 + 羊 : Mnemonic symbol: a very beautiful 美女
美 = 大 + 羊 : Mahatma Gandhi, the sheep and the robot are all very much blown away by a very beautiful 美女 inside of the Eiffel Tower.
美
měi = m + ei3
beautiful / very satisfactory; good / to beautify / to be pleased with oneself
於
yu̅ = yu + Ø1
surname Yu / Taiwan pr. [Yu2]
於
wu̅ = w + Ø1
(literary) Oh! / Ah!
于
於
yú = yu + Ø2
(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by
于 = 亅 + 二 : Mnemonic symbol: prepositions (in, at, on, to, ...) are what glue the sentence together. Honey is as sticky as glue, so I'll represent 于 by a honey jar.

Yu the Great (于) was assigned to repair the electronics of the space station's kitchen (Ø2), but instead he was snacking honey from a honey jar (于). Unfortunately his capacitor (二) got stuck in the honey and now he has to use a crowbar (亅) to lever it out.
前
qián = qi + an2
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly
前 = 䒑 + 刖 : The Queen of Hearts is smoking some weed just inside the anthill's kitchen. She's so high that she thinks the lamp in front of her is the moon which wants to stab her with a kitchen knife.
前 = 䒑 + 刖 : Mnemonic symbol: a front panel.

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