斗筲之器

斗
筲
之
器
person narrow-minded and shortsighted

Characters and words in 斗筲之器

斗
dǒu = d + ou3
abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
斗
dǒu = d + ou3
dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3]
斗
鬥
dòu = d + ou4
to fight / to struggle / to condemn / to censure / to contend / to put together / coming together
斗 = ⺀ + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a 斗牛士 (dou4 niu2 shi4) is a matador, who will represent 斗 when used as component.

The matador (斗) and Don Quixote (d) are fighting (斗) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) about who may use the bathroom next. The matador yields a holy cross (十) as a weapon, while Don Quixote (d) wisely chose a blossom (⺀) to cushion the crosses' blows.
斗
鬦
dòu = d + ou4
variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]
斗
鬪
dòu = d + ou4
variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
斗
鬭
dòu = d + ou4
variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
斗
筲
an ancient bamboo container / narrow-mindedness
筲
䈰
sha̅o = sh + ao1
pot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips / basket (container) for chopsticks / variant of 筲[shao1]
筲
sha̅o = sh + ao1
basket / bucket
之
zhi̅ = zh + Ø1
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it
之 = 丶 + Z : Mnemonic symbol: Sooo sleepy... "zZz" (the character looks like a "Z"). James II of England (zh) fell asleep in front of the space station (Ø1). He sleeps on a big petal leaf (丶), making loud "zZz" (之) sounds.
器
qì = qi + Ø4
device / tool / utensil / CL:臺|台[tai2]
器 = 㗊 + 犬 : The Saint Bernard dog has been practising playing his bagpipe all day in the space station's bathroom. The Queen of Hearts is so annoyed that finally she grabbed a screwdriver as utensil to end this torture.

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