立杆見影

立
立
杆
杆
见
見
影
影
lit. put up a pole and see the shadow (idiom); to expect instant results

Characters and words in 立杆見影

立
lì = li + Ø4
to stand / to set up / to establish / to lay down / to draw up / at once / immediately
立 = 䒑 + 亠 : Li Qing Zhao hides some weed in a vase in the space station's bathroom. To get the weed there, she transports it under her beret.
杆
ga̅n = g + an1
pole / CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1]
杆
桿
gǎn = g + an3
stick / pole / lever / classifier for long objects such as guns
杆 = 干 + 木 : Guy Fawkes (g) is putting up Christmas decorations in the anthill (an3). He is using a stick (杆) to put dried fruits (干) on top of the Christmas tree (木).
见
見
jiàn = ji + an4
to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview / opinion / view
见 = ⺆ + 儿 : Joan of Arc (ji) set up a surveillance camera (mnemonic symbol for 见) in the anthill's bathroom (an4). With its help, she can see Sun Wu Kong (儿) stapling (儿) his hat to his head.
见
見
xiàn = xi + an4
to appear / also written 現|现[xian4]
影
yǐng = y + (e)ng3
picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace
影 = 彡 + 景 : Maud Younger (y) wants to watch a movie (影) inside of the engine ((e)ng3), but only men are allowed. She doesn't bounce back but instead, being a suffragist, puts on a long, fake Santa beard (彡). She enters to find that the whole movie consists of a still frame of a bonsai tree, a landscape in a pot. Back in the days, the script writers were not so experienced it seems.

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