压死骆驼的最后一根稻草

• 厂(rock face; eaves)RADICAL
• 土(earth; soil; ground)ASSOCIATIVE
• 丶(small dot; weight)ASSOCIATIVE

A rock wall pressing down on the earth like a heavy object applying pressure from above.

• 歹(bone; death)RADICAL
• 匕(body; corpse)ASSOCIATIVE

Broken bones and a person collapsed together form the image of death.

• 白(white; bright)RADICAL
• 勺(spoon)PHONETIC

A spoon catching sunlight shines brightly and clearly — the character means "of" or shows clarity and definiteness.

• 日(sun; day)ASSOCIATIVE
• 取(take; grasp)PHONO-SEMANTIC

The sun shines highest in the sky, as if grasping the topmost position.

• 口(mouth; door)RADICAL
• 后(behind; empress (figuratively—one who rules from behind))ASSOCIATIVE

A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.

• 一(first; number one (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

A single horizontal stroke symbolizes the number one, the beginning of all things.

• 木(tree; wood)RADICAL
• 艮(firm; stop)PHONETIC

A tree's root is the hard, solid wood that lies deep underground and never moves.

• 艹(grass; herb)RADICAL
• 早(early; morning)PHONETIC

Grass grows abundantly in the early morning dew across the fields.