改邪歸正

改
改
邪
邪
归
歸
正
正
to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf

Characters and words in 改邪歸正

改
gǎi = g + ai3
to change / to alter / to transform / to correct
改 = 己 + 攵 : Guy Fawkes rose to power in the airplane and the first thing he wants to do is to change the throne. He used a butcher's hook to scratch the jewels out of the golden throne. Now he uses a sledgehammer to change the throne into a new form, that is, a pile of garbage.
邪
衺
xié = xi + e2
old variant of 邪[xie2]
邪 = 牙 + 阝 : Marie Curie (xi) meets the Imperator (阝) in the elevator's kitchen (e2) and instantly knows he's possessed by a demon (邪) by how large his fangs (牙) have become.
邪
xié = xi + e2
demonic / iniquitous / nefarious / evil / unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine) / (coll.) strange / abnormal
邪 = 牙 + 阝 : Marie Curie (xi) meets the Imperator (阝) in the elevator's kitchen (e2) and instantly knows he's possessed by a demon (邪) by how large his fangs (牙) have become.
归
歸
gui̅ = gu + ei1
surname Gui
归 = 刂 + 彐 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) was given the responsibility (归) to guard the Eiffel Tower. In front of it (ei1) she stands guard holding a tiny kitchen knife (刂) in her hand in case of attacks, and a pig's snout (彐) on her head as kind of a helmet.
归
歸
gui̅ = gu + ei1
to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
归 = 刂 + 彐 : Gitta Giraffe (gu) was given the responsibility (归) to guard the Eiffel Tower. In front of it (ei1) she stands guard holding a tiny kitchen knife (刂) in her hand in case of attacks, and a pig's snout (彐) on her head as kind of a helmet.
归
歸
正
正
to return to the right path / to mend one's ways / to reform / Reformed (church etc)
正
zhe̅ng = zh + (e)ng1
first month of the lunar year
正
zhèng = zh + (e)ng4
straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive
正 = 一 + 止 : Mnemonic symbol: a stick-figure with straight lines. James II of England (zh) really has to use the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4), but there's a stick-figure (正) blocking the stalls with a barrier (止). The stick-figure measures with a flute (一) whether James is tall enough to go. James stands very straight (正) to make himself as tall as possible.

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