戴盆望天

lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head / fig. it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered by family obligations / one can't perform a major task while bothered by other duties

Characters and words in 戴盆望天

surname Dai

= 𢦏 + : Don Quixote (d) cuts himself in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). Immediately he uses his secret strange superpower (異) and sews the wound (𢦏) using his laser vision. Because he is so cool he puts on (戴) sunglasses afterwards.
to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc) / to respect / to bear / to support

= 𢦏 + : Don Quixote (d) cuts himself in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). Immediately he uses his secret strange superpower (異) and sews the wound (𢦏) using his laser vision. Because he is so cool he puts on (戴) sunglasses afterwards.
basin / flower pot / unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters / CL:個|个[ge4]

= + : Pinocchio (p) wants to improve his stereo and thinks of using a shallow bowl (皿) as a sound bowl. To find out its natural frequency he has a flower pot (盆) roll inside the bowl to and fro and stops the periodicity using a stopwatch (分) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2).
full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards

= + + : In anglepod's bathroom, Willy Walrus and Martin Luther King step up against each other in a gazing contest. They both lean on a tombstone and gaze into the distant like pros. Because the moon has been gazed upon so much and therefore him being most experienced he volunteered to be the judge.
15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望[wang4]

= + + : In anglepod's bathroom, Willy Walrus and Martin Luther King step up against each other in a gazing contest. They both lean on a tombstone and gaze into the distant like pros. Because the moon has been gazed upon so much and therefore him being most experienced he volunteered to be the judge.
day / sky / heaven

= + : Mother Teresa (ti) programmed a robot (大) to play a flute duet together with her in front of the anthill (an1). As they play their flutes (一) an angel (天) hears their heavenly tune and descends from heaven to listen to them.

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