Mnemonic comic for 是
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Mnemonic symbol: a skull, from "to be or not to be".
Sherlock Holmes (sh) starts his day in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) with a mug of coffee (旦). Holding a skull (mnemonic symbol for 是) in his hands, he asks himself "to be, or not to be" (是). He wonders if he can make the skull come back to life using lots of coffee, and injects coffee from his mug into the skull using a syringe (龰).
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All translations for 是
variant of 是[shi4] / (used in given names)
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to be (followed by substantives only) / correct; right; true / (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well / (adverb for emphatic assertion)
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是 character breakdown
down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action
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abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
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sun / day / date, day of the month
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dawn / morning / daybreak / day / dan, female roles in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
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Character component without intrinsic meaning
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person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
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