Civilians back home tailoring uniforms for soldiers are inspired by the tank to create new ways of tailoring: a machine rolls over a bolt of fabric like a tank to cut out the pattern.

migrant hitches a ride north and then pulls a sword to demand your leftovers OR multiply + sword: when quantities are multiplied, you divide the leftovers with a sword

my husband is always losing his keys

alternatively: 𠂉 lying down, working with a metal wrench

as a component: “金字旁”

The apparel industry just copies originals to cover our body parts.

Mother: I’m so jealous of her front door. It’s the house’s 1920’s original. / Daughter: I’m so jealous of her front door. It’s the house’s 1960’s original.

Two 宝贝 bǎobèi babies is all a woman’s body can handle.

Many women are having babies with IVF. It’s expensive.

Lost despite Rice: A child wandered away from her family on the road, leaving a rice trail to find her way back, but it was eaten by birds, and she got lost.

You alter the snake into a whip.

The snake (in the Garden of Eden) hopes to alter the human condition by becoming the taskmaster. (Bible Series)

To the taskmaster: "You snake! You altered the plan on us!" (Wedding Planner)

Picture leaving your body part behind (your leg) when you retreat.

in ancient China, shamans cracked turtle shells or bones to tell fortunes; derivative: 丬 *turtle

meme with a tongue piercing, young people are accustomed to this

likes to pretend to be dead, have a broken leg

Shen is the crown prince’s valet, responsible for washing him, dressing him, etc.

keep drinking and get addicted

“He is locked into the coffee before the second set; can't perform without it.” (Trumpeter Wu)

A bag can be a substitute for clothing.

where there is smoke, there is fire (a cause)

Bequeath the Expensive: Despite stock market fortunes disappearing, owners of expensive land and houses are still able to bequeath these treasures to their posterity.

Soil, instead of water, causes these gremlins to increase.