恭敬不如從命

恭
恭
敬
敬
不
不
如
如
从
從
命
命
deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom) / (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)

Characters and words in 恭敬不如從命

恭
go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1
respectful
恭 = 㣺 + 共 : The communist (共) wants to congratulate (恭) Gitta Giraffe (gu) on her birthday respectfully (恭) and so he sets up heart-shaped lights (㣺) for the party in front of the engine ((e)ng1).
恭
敬
deferential / respectful
敬
jìng = ji + (e)ng4
to respect / to venerate / to salute / to offer
敬 = 苟 + 攵 : Joan of Arc has been drinking too carelessly in the engine's bathroom, and the next day's headache feels like a sledgehammer working its way into her skull. She really shouldn't have been toasting to herself so many times.
敬
jìng = ji + (e)ng4
(bound form) respectful; to respect / to offer politely
不
bù = bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
不
如
not equal to / not as good as / inferior to / it would be better to
如
rú = ru + Ø2
as / as if / such as
如 = 口 + 女 : Mnemonic symbol: Asif ibn Barkhiya, according to the Qur'an, throne hauler at the court of king Salomon.
如 = 口 + 女 : Just inside the space station's entrance, Asif ibn Barkhiya, Rachel Rhinoceros and Bessie Coleman are playing monkey, throwing a mandarin as if they were little kids.
从
從
cóng = cu + (e)ng2
surname Cong
从
從
cóng = cu + (e)ng2
from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
从 = 人 : Mnemonic symbol: 从 looks like the legs of a rubber chicken. Two Neanderthal Men (人) are playing a game with Kitty Cat (cu) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). They stand in a line and let Kitty Cat pass through (从) the tunnel formed by their legs by teasing her with a rubber chicken (从).
从
從
命
命
to obey an order / to comply / to do sb's bidding / to do as requested
命
mìng = mi + (e)ng4
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc
命 = 亼 + 叩 : In engine's bathroom, Marilyn Monroe kow tows before a pointed hat. She thinks that this is her fate.

Words with 恭敬不如從命

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