身先士卒

身
先
士
卒
to fight at the head of one's troops / (fig.) to take the lead

Characters and words in 身先士卒

身
she̅n = sh + (e)n1
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158
身 = 自 + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a bodysuit.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) tries on his new bodysuit (身) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). To see himself better in his hand mirror (自), he uses a banana (丿) as a selfie stick.
先
xia̅n = xi + an1
early / prior / former / in advance / first
先 = ⺧ + 儿 : Mnemonic symbol: the First Lady of the United States, FLOTUS.

In front of the anthill, Sun Wukong, the FLOTUS and Marie Curie dance around the golden calf. When it comes to be in favour of their gods, everyone of them wants to be first.
士
shì = sh + Ø4
member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker
士 = 十 + 一 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is meeting the bachelor (士) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). Sherlock Holmes is playing a flute (一) for him, and the bachelor is wearing a huge cross (十) around his neck.
士
卒
soldier / private (army)
卒
䘚
zú = zu + Ø2
variant of 卒[zu2]
卒
cù = cu + Ø4
variant of 猝[cu4]
卒
zú = zu + Ø2
soldier / servant / to finish / to die / finally / at last / pawn in Chinese chess
卒 = 亠 + 从 + 十 : Zapatista Zebra (zu) is putting up a cross (十) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2) as commemoration for a fallen soldier (卒). The fallen soldier is a rubber chicken (从) which is wearing a beret (亠).

Words with 身先士卒

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