时间是把杀猪刀

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

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

• 門(door; leaf)RADICAL
• 日(sun; light)ASSOCIATIVE

A beam of sunlight shining through a crack in the door creates the empty space in between.

• 日(sun; light)RADICAL
• 疋(foot; walk straight)PHONETIC

Under the clear light of the sun, everything appears as it truly is — that is what 'correct, right' means.

• 扌(hand)RADICAL
• 巴(cling; watch for)PHONO-SEMANTIC

A hand grasping something tightly as if clinging and refusing to let go.

• 乂(cut; eliminate)PHONETIC
• 木(wood; tree)ASSOCIATIVE

Using a weapon to chop into wood creates the image of killing and destruction.

• 犭(dog (animal radical))RADICAL
• 者(person; individual)PHONETIC

A pig is an animal (radical) whose sound resembles the character meaning "one who" (者).

• 刀(knife (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE

The character knife resembles the curved shape of a blade with a handle.