dawn / morning / daybreak / day / dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: A big mug, since many people start the day with a mug of coffee.

Don Quixote (d) meets the sun (日) early in the morning (旦) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). Don Quixote is full of energy and can't wait to start into a new adventure, but since the sun is a morning grouch who only just started drinking her mug of coffee (mnemonic symbol for 旦) she cannot stand it and beats him over the head with a flute (一) to calm him a bit down.

旦 character breakdown

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
sun / day / date, day of the month

= + : Robinson Crusoe (r) is hiding from the sun (日) in an enclosure (囗) full of flutes (一) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

Characters with 旦 as component

to injure / injury / wound

= + 𠂉 + : Sherlock Holmes hurt himself when he got struck by one of the traps in front of the anglepod. Luckily Rosa Luxemburg passes by: she has the key to unlock the power button of the trap system and turns it off, so that Sherlock can free himself.
to obtain / old variant of 得[de2]

= + : Just inside the elevator's kitchen, Don Quixote asks a genie from a magic lamp to fulfil his only wish: a big mug of coffee to start the day. The genie gives him the thumbs up and hands him a big coffee mug.

= + : Symbol for "obtain": A genie from a magic lamp who lets you get everything you want to obtain.
to obtain (old variant of 得[de2])
picul (100 catties, 50 kg) / two buckets full / carrying pole and its load / classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole

= + : Don Quixote had a terrible night and needs one coffee more this morning. Carrying a toy claw over his shoulder, he carries two really large mugs at each end of the claw through anthill's bathroom, using the claw as a shoulder pole.
to undertake / to carry / to shoulder / to take responsibility
daytime

= + : During the daytime (昼) James II of England (zh) measures the time by measuring how much coffee is left in his coffee mug (旦) with a tape measure (尺). He has the habit of doing so in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4).
sincere

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: to bow and show how earnest you mean it.

Don Quixote (d) ordered a beer at the bar in the anthill (an3). The barkeeper questions whether or not Don Quixote will return (回) the mug (旦) after he finishes his beer, so Don Quixote bows and shows how sincere (亶) he is by handing over his beret (亠) as security deposit.
surname Dan
old variant of 陽[yang2]
to open out, to expand / bright, glorious
and / to reach to / the limits
(phonetic) / dressed leather

Words with 旦

in imminent peril (idiom) / on the brink of crisis
New Year's Day
to be at death's door (idiom)
Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
Da Qaidam county level subdivision of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai
male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
female warrior role in Chinese opera
see 只爭朝夕|只争朝夕[zhi3 zheng1 zhao1 xi1]

Sentences with 旦

旦 currently does not appear in any sentence.
Comments

Big thanks to AlanRider who uploaded the yellow mug to https://openclipart.org/detail/215958/yellow-mug

Matthias, over 1 year ago