Pinyin "dun4"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "dun4" is split up into two parts: "du" and "(e)n4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.
Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "du"
Du is for Doggy Dog.
Mnemonics for Pinyin final "(e)n4"
In the encampment's bathroom.
Characters pronounced dun4
to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
顿
=
屯
+
页
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Day in, day out Doggy Dog is picking up paper in the encampment with a trident. Right now he's having a break in the encampment's bathroom, his trident leaning to the wall, with a piece of paper sticking to the trident's middle dent (屯). It's very hot, so Doggy Dog takes one of the sheets of paper he picked up and fans himself some fresh air.
shield / (currency) Vietnamese dong / currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
盾
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⺁
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十
+
目
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Doggy Dog (du) urgently has to visit the bathroom so he storms into the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4) to pee on the banana tree (⺁), but the eye of providence (目) is determined to protect the tree standing guard armed with a cross (十) and protected by a shield (盾). The eye of providence is so determined to stop Doggy Dog because it'll have to clean the bathroom later.