临时抱佛脚

• 臣(downcast look; lowered gaze)RADICAL
• 品(many things/people; multitude)ASSOCIATIVE
• 丨(straight line down; vertical)ASSOCIATIVE

A person bending their eyes downward to look at many things below represents the meaning of "approach and look down."

• 日(sun; day)RADICAL
• 寸(inch; unit of measurement)PHONETIC

Time flows like the sun moving inch by inch across the sky.

• 扌(hand; arm)RADICAL
• 包(wrap; bundle)PHONO-SEMANTIC

Using your hand to wrap and hold someone close to your chest is what embrace means.

• 亻(person; human)RADICAL
• 弗(not; not at all)PHONETIC

A Buddha is a person who has transcended all worldly constraints.

• ⺼(meat; flesh; body)RADICAL
• 却(decline; refuse)PHONETIC

A foot is the fleshy part of the body that helps us step backward or forward.