蚰
=
由 + 虫
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由
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you2
=
y
+
ou2
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to follow / from / it is for...to / reason / cause / because of / due to / to / to leave it (to sb) / by (introduces passive verb) |
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Mnemonic symbol: 自由古巴, a cuba libre. The character 由 itself even looks like a cuba libre.
Maud Younger (y) is taking part in a charity auction just inside the Louvre's entrance (ou2). She is auctioning the dinosaur bone (丨) next to her and is speaking into a microphone (曰). In the other hand she is holding a cuba libre (由), and she is already quite drunk.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 2 years
ago
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由
=
丨 + 曰
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由
=
丨 + 曰
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曰
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yue1
=
yu
+
e1
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to speak / to say |
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Aphrodite is selling flutes in front of the Erechtheion. She has a whole box of them, and she's advertising them by using a microphone.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 3 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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曰
=
囗 + 一
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囗
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wei2
=
w
+
ei2
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enclosure |
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Finally, Willy Walrus (wu-) is just inside the entrance of the Eiffel Tower (-ei2). He smuggled himself in sitting in a large wooden box (囗).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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曰
=
囗 + 一
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一
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yi1
=
y
+
Ø1
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one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) |
add a mnemonic for this meaning of 一
Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, about 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,about 4 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
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蚰
=
由 + 虫
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虫
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chong2
=
chu
+
(e)ng2
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lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / person with a particular undesirable characteristic |
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Chantal Chicken and a mosquito are taking part in a dart contest just inside the entrance of Stonehenge. The dart board is hanging in the middle of the entrance, and Chantal and the mosquito are standing to the sides. Over each of them a large fake nose is hovering: the loser will be covered in grey goose as punishment.
- Mnemonic by Matthias, over 2 years
ago
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虫
=
中 + 厶
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中
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中
=
丨 + 口
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中
=
丨 + 口
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口
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kou3
=
k
+
ou3
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mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls |
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口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is watching a mouth-watering mandarin in the Louvre (-ou3).
- Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 4 years
ago
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Image by Matthias,over 3 years
ago
Image by Matthias,over 3 years
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虫
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中 + 厶
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