多
many; much / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-
多
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夕
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Mnemonic symbol: Immanuel "Many" Kant.
Many (多) and Doggy Dog (du) have great fun chasing a bat (夕) in front of the observatory (o1). After a while there are two bats (多), and it's not so easy to chase them any more. Suddenly there are more and more (多) bats! Now Many and Doggy Dog experience what it is like to be chased for a change.
Many (多) and Doggy Dog (du) have great fun chasing a bat (夕) in front of the observatory (o1). After a while there are two bats (多), and it's not so easy to chase them any more. Suddenly there are more and more (多) bats! Now Many and Doggy Dog experience what it is like to be chased for a change.
多 character breakdown
dusk / evening / Taiwan pr. [xi4]
Mnemonic symbol: this character looks a bit like a bat, and bats come out of their caves at dusk. I could see the upper left 丿 as part of the bat's right wing, ㇇ as the body/head and 丶 as the eye of the bat.
Xi Shi (xi) goes out for a space walk in front of the space station (Ø1) in the evening (夕), where she observes a space bat.
Xi Shi (xi) goes out for a space walk in front of the space station (Ø1) in the evening (夕), where she observes a space bat.
Characters with 多 as component
enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out
够
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句
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多
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Guy Fawkes (g), the grammar nazi (句) and Manny Kant (多) want to play sheepshead in the outhouse's bathroom, but they're not enough (够) people. They are only enough (够) for skat.
This mnemonic may be a little lame, but it has to be enough (够). I have been thinking about the above sentence (句) many (多) times.
This mnemonic may be a little lame, but it has to be enough (够). I have been thinking about the above sentence (句) many (多) times.
to move / to shift / to change / to alter / to remove
移
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多
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禾
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Maud Younger (y) and Manny (多) just received their food ration in the space station's entrance (Ø2). It's a bowl of cereals (禾). Again. Both Maud and Manny hate been eating cereals over and over again, so they move and shift (移) the cereals between each other because neither wants to eat it.
Words with 多
lit. to have no time for civilities (idiom) / fig. not to be outdone / not to yield to one's opponents