Pinyin "lian4"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "lian4" is split up into two parts: "li" and "an4". You can visit the Pinyin index to see how other Pinyin syllables are split up into initials and finals.
Mnemonics for Pinyin initial "li"
Li is for Li Qingzhao, writer and poet of the Song Dynasty.
Mnemonics for Pinyin final "an4"
In the anthill's bathroom.
Characters pronounced lian4
to refine / to smelt
variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain / variant of 煉|炼[lian4]
to feel attached to / to long for / to love
to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk
chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain
variant of 殮|殓[lian4]
Melia japonica
Japanese variant of 煉|炼[lian4]
to prepare a dead body for coffin
full of water / trough
to boil raw silk (to soften and clean it)
full of water / trough
(literary) to moisten; to wet; to soak in water