九死一生

九
死
一
生
nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape / new lease of life

Characters and words in 九死一生

九
jiǔ = ji + ou3
nine / 9
九 = 丿 + 一 + 乚 : Joan of Arc is on cloud nine in the outhouse. With a shovel, she dug up a banana: when she peeled it she found a flute inside, with which she instantly fell in love.
死
sǐ = s + Ø3
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned
死 = 匕 + 歹 : Shakespeare is scared to death when suddenly a witch attacks him with her ladle in the space station.
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.
一
生
all one's life; throughout one's life
生
she̅ng = sh + (e)ng1
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student
生 = 牛 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a cradle.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) comforts a crying baby bull (牛) in a cradle (生) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) and plays him a tune on a flute (一).

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