授命

授

shòu

命

mìng

to give orders

Characters and words in 授命

授

shòu = sh + ou4

to teach / to instruct / to award / to give

授 = 受 + 扌 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) got a honorary professorship (授) position in the outhouse, but because his office has not been established yet, he has to teach (授) in the bathroom (ou4). He uses a stretcher (受) as blackboard and a toy claw (扌) to point at his notes on the stretcher.

授

shòu = sh + ou4

(bound form) to confer; to give / (bound form) to teach; to instruct / (literary) to appoint

命

mìng = mi + (e)ng4

life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc

命 = 亼 + 叩 : In engine's bathroom, Marilyn Monroe kow tows before a pointed hat. She thinks that this is her fate.