抬头不见低头见

抬
抬
头
頭
不
不
见
見
低
低
头
頭
见
見
(idiom) (of people in a small town etc) to cross paths regularly

Characters and words in 抬头不见低头见

抬
tái = t + ai2
to lift / to raise / (of two or more persons) to carry
抬 = 台 + 扌 : Tecumseh (t) is installing a new counter (台) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2). He is carrying (抬) the counter using a toy claw (扌) as a shoulder pole.
抬
抬
头
頭
to raise one's head / to gain ground / account name, or space for writing the name on checks, bills etc
头
頭
tóu = t + ou2
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]
头 = ⺀ + 大 : Tecumseh (t) is inspecting is depiction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He's depicted as having a skull (mnemonic symbol for 头) head (头) with two petal leaves (⺀) in the eye holes, and having a robot (大) body.
头
頭
tou = t + ou5
suffix for nouns
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
不
见
見
not to see / not to meet / to have disappeared / to be missing
见
見
jiàn = ji + an4
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view
见 = ⺆ + 儿 : Joan of Arc (ji) set up a surveillance camera (mnemonic symbol for 见) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). With its help, she can see Sun Wu Kong (儿) stapling (儿) his hat to his head.
见
見
xiàn = xi + an4
to appear / also written 現|现[xian4]
低
di̅ = di + Ø1
low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline
低 = 亻 + 氐 : Dorothy Gale (di) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are in a hopeless situation. They are hanging down (低) from a foundation (氐) floating in front of the space station (Ø1) and away from it. In this hopeless situation their moods are very low (低) and they let their heads hang down (低).
低
低
头
頭
to bow the head / to yield / to give in

Words with 抬头不见低头见

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