to take charge of / to manage / department (under a ministry)
司
=
㇆
+
𠮛
:
Socrates (s) wants to use the plow (㇆) in front of the space station (Ø1), but he doesn't manage (司), even with the magical scroll called manual (𠮛). Suddenly, a manager (mnemonic symbol for 司) floats by and shows him how to manage (司).
徒
=
彳
+
走
:
Tommy Turtle (tu) has to serve a prison sentence (徒) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). He will have to sew black sneakers (彳) using just a Nordic walking pole (走). To learn how to do this he has been appointed apprentice (徒) to one of the prisoners having been around for a lifetime.
disciple / apprentice / believer / on foot / bare or empty / to no avail / only / prison sentence
徒
=
彳
+
走
:
Tommy Turtle (tu) has to serve a prison sentence (徒) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). He will have to sew black sneakers (彳) using just a Nordic walking pole (走). To learn how to do this he has been appointed apprentice (徒) to one of the prisoners having been around for a lifetime.
John Leighton Stuart (1876-1962), second-generation American missionary in China, first president of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China