Mnemonic comic for 由
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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 in the outhouse's kitchen (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.
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All translations for 由
to follow / from / because of / due to / by / via / through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
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to follow / from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
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由 character breakdown
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)
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vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
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to speak / to say
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Characters with 由 as component
yellow / pornographic / to fall through
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temple / ancestral shrine / CL:座[zuo4] / temple fair / great imperial hall / imperial
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see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4] / Taiwan pr. [zhou2]
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axis / axle / spool (for thread) / roller (for scrolls) / classifier for calligraphy rolls etc
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eternity / (geology) eon
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to draw / picture / painting / CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1] / classifier for paintings etc / variant of 劃|划[hua4]
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to enlighten
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post (office) / mail
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to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / (of certain plants) to sprout or bud / to whip or thrash
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oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning
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to arrive at (place or time) / period / to become due / classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation)
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sleeve / to tuck inside one's sleeve
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3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger / ancient Chinese compass point: 60°
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Words with 由
to have only oneself to blame (idiom) / to bring trouble through one's own actions
to hand over (responsibility for sth) to (sb) / to leave it to (sb else to take charge of the next stage of a process)
main content / matter / work / origin of an incident / cause / purpose / subject (of business letter)
Mishima Yukio (1925-1970), Japanese author, pen name of (平岡公威|平冈公威, Hiraoka Kimitake)
you can't always do as you like / one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
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