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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
variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain / variant of 煉|炼[lian4]
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to refine / to smelt
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to feel attached to / to long for / to love
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to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk
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chain / cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m) / chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m) / to chain / to enchain
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variant of 殮|殓[lian4]
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Melia japonica
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Japanese variant of 煉|炼[lian4]
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to prepare a dead body for coffin
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full of water / trough
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to boil raw silk (to soften and clean it)
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(literary) to moisten; to wet; to soak in water
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full of water / trough
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