斗转星移

斗
斗
转
轉
星
星
移
移
lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved / time flies / also written 星移斗轉|星移斗转[xing1 yi2 Dou3 zhuan3]

Characters and words in 斗转星移

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]
转
轉
zhuǎi = zhu + ai3
see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]
转
轉
zhuǎn = zhu + an3
to turn / to change direction / to transfer / to forward (mail) / (Internet) to share (sb else's content)
转 = 专 + 车 : In anthill, Julian Giant Squid drives a car to transfer a drink from the bar to the scientist's table.
转
轉
zhuàn = zhu + an4
to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about / classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm / classifier for repeated actions
星
xi̅ng = xi + (e)ng1
star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount
星 = 日 + 生 : The sun (日) and a satellite (星) had a love affair and now have a baby: Xi Shi (xi) is quietly sleeping in her little cradle (生) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).
移
yí = y + Ø2
to move / to shift / to change / to alter / to remove
移 = 多 + 禾 : Maud Younger (y) and Manny (多) just received their food ration in the space station's entrance (Ø2). It's a bowl of cereals (禾). Again. Both Maud and Manny hate been eating cereals over and over again, so they move and shift (移) the cereals between each other because neither wants to eat it.

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