一板一眼

一
板
一
眼
lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail

Characters and words in 一板一眼

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
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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.
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板
bǎn = b + an3
board / plank / plate / shutter / table tennis bat / clappers (music) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / accented beat in Chinese music / hard / stiff / to stop smiling or look serious
Add a new mnemonic for 板 = 反 + 木
板 = 反 + 木 : The protester (反) was protesting against the Christmas tree (木) in the anthill (an3) when Beelzebub (b) Just wanted to enjoy his drink at the bar. Beelzebub was so annoyed that he set up a plank (板) on the bar and made the protester walk the plank (板).
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板
闆
bǎn = b + an3
see 老闆|老板, boss
Add a new mnemonic for 板 = 反 + 木
Add a new mnemonic for 闆 = 門 + 品
板 = 反 + 木 : The protester (反) was protesting against the Christmas tree (木) in the anthill (an3) when Beelzebub (b) Just wanted to enjoy his drink at the bar. Beelzebub was so annoyed that he set up a plank (板) on the bar and made the protester walk the plank (板).
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板
闆
pàn = p + an4
to catch sight of in a doorway (old)
Add a new mnemonic for 板 = 反 + 木
Add a new mnemonic for 闆 = 門 + 品
一
眼
a glance / a quick look / a glimpse
眼
yǎn = y + an3
eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)
Add a new mnemonic for 眼 = 目 + 艮
眼 = 目 + 艮 : Inside of the anthill, Maud Younger played a prank on the Eye of Providence. She told it that she would apply a mask to alleviate the wrinkles around its eyes, but instead she just covered its whole eye with chewing gum.
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