一刻千金

一
刻
千
金
time is gold / every minute counts

Characters and words in 一刻千金

一
yi̅ = y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
刻
kè = k + e4
quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals
刻 = 亥 + 刂 : Mnemonic symbol: an engraver.

The boar cannot believe it when it meets Karl Marx in the elevator's bathroom! Bewildered it asks for an autograph but has nothing except for a kitchen knife and an engraver. It takes Karl Marx a quarter of an hour to engrave his message in the kitchen knife: "Dear boar, keep on fighting capitalism! Yours, Karl."
千
qia̅n = qi + an1
thousand
千 = 丿 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a 1 kg weight.

The Queen of Hearts (qi) dropped a kilogram (千) on her banana (丿) in front of the anthill (an1), and now she uses a cross (十) to try and revive it.
千
韆
qia̅n = qi + an1
see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]
千
金
thousand jin 斤 (pounds) of gold / money and riches / (honorific) invaluable (support) / (honorific) daughter
金
ji̅n = ji + (e)n1
surname Jin / surname Kim (Korean) / Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
金 = 丷 + 全 : Mnemonic symbol: a bar of gold.
金 = 丷 + 全 : In front of the encampment, Joan of Arc is on the lookout for smugglers. Indeed she catches the mean crocodile smuggling gold bars hidden in whole wheat breads.
金
ji̅n = ji + (e)n1
gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
金 = 丷 + 全 : Mnemonic symbol: a bar of gold.
金 = 丷 + 全 : In front of the encampment, Joan of Arc is on the lookout for smugglers. Indeed she catches the mean crocodile smuggling gold bars hidden in whole wheat breads.

Words with 一刻千金

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