小打小鬧

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小
打
打
小
小
闹
鬧
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Characters and words in 小打小鬧

小
xiǎo = xi + ao3
small / tiny / few / young
Add a new mnemonic for 小 = 八 + 亅
小 = 八 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a small daisy. 小 looks like the stem 亅 of the flower is pushing aside the earth 八 as it grows out of the seed in the ground.

Xi Shi (xi) is decorating her hair with lots of small (小) daisies (mnemonic symbol for 小) in the aorta's living room (ao3). She wants to have lots of daisies in the future as well, so she plants new daisies. She found that the perfect substrate for planting daisies is made by crushing eight-balls (八) with a crow bar (亅).
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打
dá = d + a2
dozen (loanword)
Add a new mnemonic for 打 = 丁 + 扌
打
dǎ = d + a3
to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from
Add a new mnemonic for 打 = 丁 + 扌
打 = 丁 + 扌 : Don Quixote (d) got lost in the ashram (a3) and is afraid of being beaten (打). He equips himself with a claw (扌) for the left hand and a nail (丁) for the right hand, ready to beat (打) anyone approaching him.
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闹
鬧
nào = n + ao4
noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke
Add a new mnemonic for 闹 = 市 + 门
Add a new mnemonic for 鬧 = 鬥 + 市
闹 = 市 + 门 : Napoleon (n) opened a shop (市) just inside the aorta's entrance (ao4) and it is bustling with noise (闹). His supermarket is so successful because he installed a trap door (门) in the floor above through which new customers keep falling.
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