番木鱉鹼

番

fa̅n

木

mù

鳖

鱉

bie̅

碱

鹼

jiǎn

strychnine (C21H22N2O2)

Characters and words in 番木鱉鹼

番

pa̅n = p + an1

surname Pan

番

fa̅n = f + an1

foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance) / classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc) / classifier for situations: kind, sort

番 = 田 + 釆 : Frankenstein's Monster (f) is growing tomatoes (番) from a foreign country (番) on a field (田) in front of the anthill (an1). From time to time he uses a sampling tool (釆) to draw some ketchup (番) to see if the tomatoes are ready yet.

木

mù = mu + Ø4

surname Mu

木

mù = mu + Ø4

tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

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.