一木难支

一
一
木
木
难
難
支
支
lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom) / fig. one is helpless alone

Characters and words in 一木难支

一
yi̅ = y + Ø1
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.
木
mù = mu + Ø4
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden
木 = 八 + 十 : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree.

Malte Monkey (mu) is setting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He decorates the tree with eight-balls (八) and puts a holy cross (十) at the top of the tree.
难
難
nán = n + an2
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good
难 = 又 + 隹 : Mnemonic symbol: a video game which is almost impossible to beat.
难 = 又 + 隹 : Just inside the anthill's kitchen, Napoleon and a sparrow are trying to beat an insanely difficult video game. After playing and failing all day long Napoleon finally loses his temper and crashes the game wearing two boxing gloves.
难
難
nàn = n + an4
disaster / distress / to scold
支
zhi̅ = zh + Ø1
surname Zhi
支
zhi̅ = zh + Ø1
to support / to sustain / to erect / to raise / branch / division / to draw money / classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
支 = 十 + 又 : Mnemonic symbol: a tree branch. James II of England (zh) has to repair the hull of the space station. His tool is a big cross (十) with one end cushioned with a boxing glove (又), which he is to use as a hammer. As he is floating in front of the space station (Ø1), the only tool to support him is a wooden branch (支) so that he won't float away.

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