晨昏定省

morning and evening visits to parents / cf 昏定晨省[hun1 ding4 chen2 xing3]

Characters and words in 晨昏定省

morning / dawn / daybreak

晨 = 日 + 辰 : When the sun (日) got up very early in the morning (晨) Charlie Chaplin (ch) gave her a birthday cake (辰) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2) to celebrate the new day.

晨

chén

昏

hu̅n

morning and twilight / day and night

昏

hu̅n = hu + (e)n1

muddle-headed / twilight / to faint / to lose consciousness

昏 = 日 + 氏 : In front of the encampment ((e)n1), Helga Horse (hu) sees Christopher MacLeod (氏) on top of the sun (日)(see: 昏). The image is so provoking that Helga Horse faints (昏).

昏

昬

hu̅n = hu + (e)n1

old variant of 昏[hun1]

昏 = 日 + 氏 : In front of the encampment ((e)n1), Helga Horse (hu) sees Christopher MacLeod (氏) on top of the sun (日)(see: 昏). The image is so provoking that Helga Horse faints (昏).

定

dìng = di + (e)ng4

to set / to fix / to determine / to decide / to order

定 = 宀 + 下 + 人 : "to fix": duct tape. Somebody wanted to tease Dorothy Gale and taped a graduation cap to her head. Neanderthal Man tries to help her by levering the cap off with a ladder in the engine's bathroom.

省

shěng = sh + (e)ng3

to save / to economize / to do without / to omit / to leave out / province / (archaic) central government department

省 = 少 + 目 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) opened a new office in the engine ((e)ng3), and to celebrate it he distributed saving (省) vouchers with little smileys (少) on them. Shortly afterwards the eye of providence (目) visits his office, all of the vouchers in his hands to save (省) on the bill, demanding Sherlock's services.

省

xǐng = xi + (e)ng3

to inspect / to examine / to be aware / to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)

Words with 晨昏定省

晨昏定省 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 晨昏定省

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