Pinyin "lian2"
In MandarinBanana's mnemonic system, the Pinyin syllable "lian2" is split up into two parts: "li" and "an2". 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 "an2"
In the anthill's kitchen.
Characters pronounced lian2
hanging screen or curtain
flag used as a shop sign / variant of 簾|帘[lian2]
to link / to join / to connect / continuously / in succession / including / (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even / company (military)
怜
=
令
+
忄
:
Li Qingzhao (li) got a job as an official working in the anthill's kitchen (an2). She has to slay anyone wearing an imperial name tag (令) with a flail (忄), because the name tag marks them as sentenced to death. Qingzhao likes her new job because she gets to work in a bar, but still sometimes she pities (怜) her victims.
to ally / to unite / to join / (poetry) antithetical couplet
联
=
关
+
耳
:
Li Qingzhao (li) invented a machine able to combine (联) her hair into braids, and she is trying it out for the first time in the anthill's kitchen (an2). Just as the machine starts Li Qingzhao realizes it is going to combine both of her ears (耳) into one braid she quickly hits the machine's off button (关).
incorruptible / honest / inexpensive / to investigate (old) / side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old)
old variant of 廉[lian2]
old variant of 廉[lian2]
surname Lian
variant of 鐮|镰[lian2]
name of a river in Hunan
scythe / sickle