从事

从

從

cóng

事

shì

to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do

Characters and words in 从事

从

從

cóng = cu + (e)ng2

from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

Add a new mnemonic for 从 = 人

Add a new mnemonic for 從 = 彳 + 从 + 止

从 = 人 : Mnemonic symbol: 从 looks like the legs of a rubber chicken. Two Neanderthal Men (人) are playing a game with Kitty Cat (cu) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). They stand in a line and let Kitty Cat pass through (从) the tunnel formed by their legs by teasing her with a rubber chicken (从).

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事

shì = sh + Ø4

matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

Add a new mnemonic for 事 = 𠮛 + 彐 + 亅

事 = 𠮛 + 彐 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: The thing.

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事 = 𠮛 + 彐 + 亅 : Sherlock Holmes read a magic scroll in the bathroom of the space station. The scroll promised eternal love to anyone who reads it and wears a pig's nose while doing so, and Sherlock gave it a try. Now he summoned the thing, and he is scared to death! All he has to defend with is a crowbar. However, he never was in danger: Since he is wearing the pig snout, the thing thinks Sherlock is his mommy, and it just wants to cuddle.

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