• 氵(water; liquid)
• 肖(resembling; diminishing)

Water gradually drips away and disappears, that is the meaning of the character tiêu.

• 弗(not; no)
• 貝(shell; currency)

Expense is money that you can never keep in your hand no matter how hard you try.

• 金(gold; metal (figurative))

Metal is an ancient image of precious metal hidden underground, gleaming and sparkling.

• 鬲(tripod caldron top; cauldron lid)
• 虫(worm; insect)

Heat rising from a boiling pot melts everything together, just as insects dissolve and blend into one another.

• 氵(water; liquid)
• 肖(resembling; diminishing)

Water gradually drips away and disappears, that is the meaning of the character tiêu.

• 弗(not; no)
• 貝(shell; currency)

Expense is money that you can never keep in your hand no matter how hard you try.

• 金(gold; metal (figurative))

Metal is an ancient image of precious metal hidden underground, gleaming and sparkling.

• 鬲(tripod caldron top; cauldron lid)
• 虫(worm; insect)

Heat rising from a boiling pot melts everything together, just as insects dissolve and blend into one another.