墙
variant of 牆|墙[qiang2], wall
wall / CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]
墙 character breakdown
stingy
啬
=
土
+
丷
+
回
:
Mnemonic symbol: stingray.
The stingy stingray (啬) and the mean crocodile (丷) want to return (回) to the river using the elevator's toilet (e4), but lots of dirt (土) is blocking their way. They ask the elevator's boss Socrates (s) for help, but he doesn't make his hands dirty so he starts a boring monologue about living as an expat. As the stingray and the crocodile realize he won't help them they start crying out loudly.
The stingy stingray (啬) and the mean crocodile (丷) want to return (回) to the river using the elevator's toilet (e4), but lots of dirt (土) is blocking their way. They ask the elevator's boss Socrates (s) for help, but he doesn't make his hands dirty so he starts a boring monologue about living as an expat. As the stingray and the crocodile realize he won't help them they start crying out loudly.
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
Characters with 墙 as component
墙
is not used as a component in another character.
Words with 墙
sb who goes whichever way the wind blows / sb with no mind of their own / easily swayed person / opportunist
see 爛泥扶不上牆|烂泥扶不上墙[lan4 ni2 fu2 bu4 shang4 qiang2]
lit. when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove (idiom) / fig. everybody hits a man who is down
a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom) / to be driven to desperate action
Democracy Wall (1978-1989), esp. during the Beijing Spring democracy movement
(idiom) no secret can be kept forever
Sentences with 墙
墙 currently does not appear in any sentence.