孟加拉

孟

mèng

加

jia̅

拉

la̅

Bengal / Bangladesh

Characters and words in 孟加拉

孟

mèng = m + (e)ng4

surname Meng

孟 = 子 + 皿 : Mnemonic symbol: Mencius, 孟子.

Mencius (孟) poses Mahatma Gandhi (m) a riddle in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). He asks Mahatma Gandhi to have an egg (子) sit upright on the table. Mahatma Gandhi gives up after many tries and Mencius shows him how to do it: using a shallow bowl (皿) as egg cup.

孟

mèng = m + (e)ng4

first month of a season / eldest amongst brothers

加

jia̅ = ji + a1

abbr. for Canada 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4] / surname Jia

加 = 力 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol from 加油: cheerleaders' pom poms.

加 = 力 + 口 : Joan of Arc works on her cheerleading skills in front of the ashram. For the grande finale of her performance she prepared special effects: at the very end of her performance she hits a power button on the floor with her foot, which starts mandarins shooting from her pom poms.

加

jia̅ = ji + a1

to add / plus / (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)

加 = 力 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol from 加油: cheerleaders' pom poms.

加

jia̅ = ji + a1

Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]) / surname Jia

拉

la̅ = l + a1

to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels

拉 = 扌 + 立 : Mnemonic symbol: a fiddlestick

拉 = 扌 + 立 : In front of the ashram, sir Lancelot tries to make some music using a fiddlestick and a vase by bowing along the opening of the vase. Maybe he would be successful if he put down that silly toy claw.