Mnemonic comic for

Translation

niú = ni + ou2: ox / cow / bull / CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2] / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]) / (slang) awesome

Mnemonic

A bull has been locked to a big cross in the outhouse's kitchen, and Nefertiti has the key. She promises to free the bull if he pledges allegiance to her leadership.

牛 character breakdown

ten / 10

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).
Character component without intrinsic meaning

𠂉 = 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: 𠂉 looks like a key.

Imagine a banana you can't open without putting a key into each of the holes of a flute which is painted on its peel.

Characters with 牛 as component

to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in

= + + : The Queen of Hearts (qi) likes surfing, but there is no water in front of the anthill (an1). She doesn't care though, she just has the robot (大) and the bull (牛) pull her on a tether (牵) while she is surfing on a cooking top (冖).
surname Mu
acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old)
surname Xie
to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: acetone, in which anything can be dissolved.

Inside of the elevator (e3) Joan of Arc (ji) is dissolving a horn (角). A moment ago she cut the horn from the bull's (牛) head using a cleaver (刀). The bull is still shocked as he sees Joan of Arc dissolve (解) his horn in acetone (解).
to transport under guard
early / prior / former / in advance / first

= + : 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.
rhinoceros / sharp
surname Mou
see 牟平[Mu4 ping2]
barley / to moo / to seek or obtain / old variant of 侔[mou2] / old variant of 眸[mou2]

Words with 牛

to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect)
to boast / to talk big
dairy cattle
Year 2, year of the Bull or Ox (e.g. 2009)
lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom) / fig. a drop in the ocean
Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉[Qin2 ling3 shan1 mai4], Shaanxi
lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard
lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom) / fig. the young are fearless
lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom) / fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter / also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[sha1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1]
aurochs (Bos primigenius), extinct wild ox
cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun
to resort to bragging and flattering
to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it / Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
without milk / black (of tea, coffee etc)

Sentences with 牛

shén
me
mǎ
tia̅n
ju̅n
 
 
niú
tia̅n
ju̅n
 
 
bié
qù
lǐ
ta̅