Office

rotten
府fǔ + 肉
government office + meat

rotten meat left in a government office

yuán

round
囗 + 员yuán
enclose + employee

round-the-clock employees enclosed in their office

revive
艹 + 办
flowers + manage

revive the manager with the smell of flowers

zhuī

chase
丶 + 㠯 + 辶
drop + boss + road

You chase your boss down the road because he dropped his keys.

Your boss sweats chasing results.

qiǎn

dispatch [v.]
(中一) + 㠯 + 辶
purse + boss + road

boss dispatches his team with a purse on the road to select a venue for the trade show

xié

cooperate
十 + 办
ten + manage

Ten managers cooperate.

government office
广 + 付fù
cave + pay

government offices are caves where they issue paychecks

*boss
口 + 丨 + 口
mouth + stick + mouth

The worst kind of boss has two mouths and a stick.

This character kind of looks like a capital B.

guān

bureaucrat
宀 + 㠯
house + boss

A bureaucracy is a big house with too many bosses.

bàn

manage
力 + 八bā
muscle + eight/animal legs

The muscle of managing is doing eight tasks at once.

You manage things by distributing them to your right and left.

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