熟词僻义

uncommon meaning of a common word

Characters and words in 熟词僻义

ripe; mature / thoroughly cooked; done / familiar; acquainted / experienced; skilled / (of sleep etc) deep; profound / also pr. [shou2]

= + + : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) concocts an elixir against his stomach ache in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). On a small grill (灬) He put a drink (享) in which he dissolves a whole bag of painkillers (丸). When the pills are fully dissolved, his elixir is done (熟).

= + : The riddler captured Sheldon Shrimp (shu) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2) and threatens to put him on a grill (灬) and cook him until he is ripe (熟) if he fails to win a game of "who am I" (孰).
old variant of 詞|词[ci2]

= + : The King of Chu (c) has to listen to a boring lecture by a manager (司) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). The manager just wrote every word (词) of his speech (词) on an advertising column (讠) and is just reading the speech word by word.
word / statement / speech / lyrics / CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4] / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[Song4 chao2] / CL:首[shou3]

= + : The King of Chu (c) has to listen to a boring lecture by a manager (司) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). The manager just wrote every word (词) of his speech (词) on an advertising column (讠) and is just reading the speech word by word.
(bound form) remote / out of the way / off-center / eccentric

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Pocahontas (pi) are visiting the jade dragon (辟) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but at the same time they are also mocking him because his home is so remote (僻).
surname Yi / (Tw) abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4], Italy
justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship

= + : Mnemonic symbol: Justitia.

Justitia (义) and Maud Younger (y) want to fix the shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). Just as Justitia is about to grab the shower head with her pliers (乂) she is blinded by a petal leaf (丶) floating about and instead grabs Maud's head with her pliers. This is Maud's just punishment as she broke the shower head in the first place.

Words with 熟词僻义

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Sentences with 熟词僻义

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