抓功夫

to maximize one's time / to catch some time out / to find enough time / (also 抓工夫)

Characters and words in 抓功夫

to grab / to catch / to arrest / to snatch / to scratch

抓 = 扌 + 爪 : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) morphed into a new superhero form: he has claws (爪) on each tentacle and is additionally wielding several toy claws (扌). He wants to catch (抓) every criminal on earth this way, and he starts in front of the ashram (a1).

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功

go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1

meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics)

Add a new mnemonic for 功 = 力 + 工

功 = 力 + 工 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) practices her Kung Fu skills (功) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) with a sparring robot made out of steel beams (工). The robot is programmed to fight Kung Fu (功), but Gitta Giraffe's Kung Fu is better: she hits the robots power button (力) and turns it off.

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功

go̅ng

夫

skill / art / kung fu / labor / effort

夫

fu̅ = fu + Ø1

husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)

Add a new mnemonic for 夫 = 一 + 大

Add a new mnemonic for 夫 = 二 + 人

夫 = 二 + 人 : Mnemonic symbol: a construction worker.

In front of the space station (Ø1), Neanderthal Man (人) and a construction worker (夫) are busy exchanging a broken capacitor (二). When Frieda Fox (fu) floats by they whistle at her because they think she's hot, but Frieda is just annoyed.

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