望文生义

lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding the meaning / a far-fetched interpretation

Characters and words in 望文生义

full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards

= + + : In anglepod's bathroom, Willy Walrus and Martin Luther King step up against each other in a gazing contest. They both lean on a tombstone and gaze into the distant like pros. Because the moon has been gazed upon so much and therefore him being most experienced he volunteered to be the judge.
15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望[wang4]

= + + : In anglepod's bathroom, Willy Walrus and Martin Luther King step up against each other in a gazing contest. They both lean on a tombstone and gaze into the distant like pros. Because the moon has been gazed upon so much and therefore him being most experienced he volunteered to be the judge.
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a thick book.

Willy Walrus (w) wants to cook in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). The recipe book (文) is extremely greasy and Willy doesn't want it to touch anything, nor touch it. That's why he puts it into a beret (亠) so that it doesn't touch the floor, and uses pliers (乂) to turn the pages.
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a cradle.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) comforts a crying baby bull (牛) in a cradle (生) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) and plays him a tune on a flute (一).
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 望文生义

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