中軸

axis / (bicycle) bottom bracket

Characters and words in 中軸

China / Chinese / surname Zhong

within / among / in / middle / center / while (doing sth) / during / (dialect) OK / all right

中 = 丨 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a dart board, because you always try to hit the center.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu-) is throwing dinosaur bones (丨) as darts on a dart board in front of the engine ((e)ng1). To make it a bit more difficult he's throwing mandarins (口) into the air as well and skewers them up right in the center (中 is a mandarin skewered on a dinosaur bone) in mid flight with the dinosaur bones. He's still able to consistently hit the center (中) of the dart board.

中

zhòng = zhu + (e)ng4

to hit (the mark) / to be hit by / to suffer / to win (a prize, a lottery)

轴

軸

zhóu = zh + ou2

axis / axle / spool (for thread) / roller (for scrolls) / classifier for calligraphy rolls etc

轴 = 车 + 由 : James II of England's (zh) cabriolet (车) broke down in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) because an axle (轴) broke. Not being a very technical person, James tries to mix a Cuba libre (由) and use that as a replacement for the broken axle.

轴

軸

zhòu = zh + ou4

see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4] / Taiwan pr. [zhou2]