虎
虎 character breakdown
variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc
child / son
儿
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丿
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乚
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Mnemonic symbol: "son" (儿) sounds similar to "Sun" like in "Sun Wu Kong", so it's gonna be represented by the monkey king. Albert Einstein (Ø-) and Sun Wu Kong (儿) are fighting in the space station's kitchen (-Ø2). Their weapons: Albert Einstein has a shovel (乚), and Sun Wu Kong has a banana (丿).
small table
Joan of Arc (ji) is sitting at a small table (几) in front of the space station (Ø1) and reading her Bible, waiting for a message from God.
stripes of a tiger / "tiger" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 141)
Characters with 虎 as component
ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people
号
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丂
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口
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Hamlet accidentally locked himself into the aorta's bathroom, together with a mandarin which he is extremely allergic against. His only rescue is the emergency breathing mask attached to the wall which he puts on immediately. There is also a trumpet to call for help with a bugle call, but Hamlet has to wear the breathing mask, so he can't give the bugle call in a normal way. Instead, he has to give the bugle call with his butt.
Words with 虎
when two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom) / if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt.
see 初生之犢不畏虎|初生之犊不畏虎[chu1 sheng1 zhi1 du2 bu4 wei4 hu3]
lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom) / fig. the fearlessness of youth
lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom) / fig. the young are fearless
lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom) / fig. to be full of needless fears / reds under the beds
to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway