鄭人爭年

Men of Zheng fighting over their respective ages (idiom) / a futile quarrel

Characters and words in 鄭人爭年

Zheng state during the Warring States period / surname Zheng / abbr. for 鄭州|郑州[Zheng4 zhou1]

郑 = 关 + 阝 : James II of England (zh) and Zheng He (郑) agreed to build a pipeline (郑) connecting their nations, but it runs through the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). The emperor (阝) is very annoyed by the pipeline and every time he visits the bathroom he'll push its off button (关).

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郑

鄭

zhèng = zh + (e)ng4

bound form used in 鄭重|郑重[zheng4 zhong4] and 雅鄭|雅郑[ya3 zheng4]

Add a new mnemonic for 郑 = 关 + 阝

Add a new mnemonic for 鄭 = 奠 + 阝

人

rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

Add a new mnemonic for 人 = 丿 + ㇏

人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

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争

爭

zhe̅ng = zh + (e)ng1

to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)

Add a new mnemonic for 争 = ⺈ + 肀

Add a new mnemonic for 爭 = 爫 + 肀

争 = ⺈ + 肀 : Mnemonic symbol: The grim reaper, as 争 is often used in words involving war (...战争). In front of the engine ((e)ng1), the grim reaper (争) marks his next victims in passing. With a crayon (肀) he draws big "X"s on the crane (⺈) and James II of England (zh).

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年

nián = ni + an2

surname Nian

Add a new mnemonic for 年 = 午 + 丨 + 一

年

nián = ni + an2

year / CL:個|个[ge4]

Add a new mnemonic for 年 = 午 + 丨 + 一

年 = 午 + 丨 + 一 : Nefertiti (ni) is having lunch (午) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Unfortunately they didn't have any cutlery left so she has to use a dinosaur bone (丨) and a flute (一) instead of fork and knife. It will take her a whole year (年) to finish her lunch this way.

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