投机取巧

投
投
机
機
取
取
巧
巧
to seize every opportunity / to be full of tricks

Characters and words in 投机取巧

投
tóu = t + ou2
to cast / to send / to throw oneself (into the river etc) / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of
投 = 扌 + 殳 : Tecumseh (t) is exerting an ancient sport of his tribe in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He is hurling (投) a halberd (殳) as far as he can using a toy claw (扌).
投
投
机
機
to speculate (on financial markets) / opportunistic / congenial / agreeable
机
機
ji̅ = ji + Ø1
(bound form) machine; mechanism / (bound form) aircraft / (bound form) an opportunity / (bound form) crucial point; pivot / (bound form) quick-witted; flexible / (bound form) organic
机 = 几 + 木 : Joan of Arc (ji) made a machine (机) that fully automatically manufactures tables (几) out of Christmas trees (木) and tests it in front of the space station (Ø1).
取
qǔ = qu + Ø3
to take / to get / to choose / to fetch
取 = 又 + 耳 : Mnemonic symbol when used as component in other characters: a bloody ear.

When Mike Tyson was fighting against Evander Holyfield, he did not only beat Evander's ear (耳) with his boxing glove (又). Imagine this fight in the space station (Ø3) with cupid (qu) as referee fetching (取) a bloody ear flying through the space station.
取
巧
quick fix / opportune short cut (around a difficulty) / cheap trick (to get what one wants) / to pull a fast one
巧
qiǎo = qi + ao3
opportunely / coincidentally / as it happens / skillful / timely
巧 = 丂 + 工 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) arrived just at the right time (巧) in the aorta (ao3). When she arrived a big chocolate (巧) house, reinforced using steel beams (工), was about to melt and collapse. Just at the right time the Queen of Hearts put a huge breathing mask (丂) under the collapsing structure to collect the chocolate, filter it with the mask and reuse it.

Words with 投机取巧

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Sentences with 投机取巧

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