百聽不厭

百

bǎi

听

聽

ti̅ng

不

bù

厌

厭

yàn

worth hearing a hundred times

Characters and words in 百聽不厭

百

bǎi = b + ai3

hundred / numerous / all kinds of

Add a new mnemonic for 百 = 一 + 白

百 = 一 + 白 : Mnemonic symbol: a one hundred 元 bill.

Beelzebub (b) enjoys preparing to allure mortals. In the airplane's living room (ai3) he's waving a flute (一) as a magic wand and enchanting one hundred white flags (白) to look like one hundred (百) one hundred 元 bills (百).

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听

聽

tìng = ti + (e)ng4

(literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow

Add a new mnemonic for 听 = 口 + 斤

听

聽

ti̅ng = ti + (e)ng1

to listen to; to hear / to heed; to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])

Add a new mnemonic for 听 = 口 + 斤

听 = 口 + 斤 : Mother Teresa (ti) is listening to the sound that is made when a barbell (斤) squashes a mandarin (口) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).

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不

bù = bu + Ø4

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

Add a new mnemonic for 不 = 丆 + 卜

不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.

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不

bù

厌

厭

yàn

not to tire of / not to object to

厌

厭

yàn = y + an4

(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with / (literary) to satiate; to satisfy

Add a new mnemonic for 厌 = 厂 + 犬

厌 = 厂 + 犬 : While eating her favourite chocolate Maud Younger (y) enters the anthill's bathroom (an4) and finds the Saint Bernhard dog (犬) chilling out in the chocolate factory (厂), leaving his hair everywhere, especially in the chocolate. Suddenly Maud Younger realizes that this is the dark secret of the furry taste of her favourite chocolate and is terribly disgusted (厌).

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