相声

comic dialogue / sketch / crosstalk

Characters and words in 相声

each other / one another / mutually / fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])

Add a new mnemonic for 相 = 木 + 目

相

xiàng = xi + ang4

appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

Add a new mnemonic for 相 = 木 + 目

相 = 木 + 目 : Mnemonic symbol: I take "eye" and "tree" as resembling an ent, an alive tree. Xi Shi (xi) portrays (相) an ent (相) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4). Unfortunately she's really bad at painting, and her portrait resembles more a Christmas tree (木). The Eye of Providence (目) enters and, just from the shape of the Christmas Tree, instantly recognizes its own portrait (相).

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声

聲

she̅ng = sh + (e)ng1

sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds

Add a new mnemonic for 声 = 𠃜 + 士

Add a new mnemonic for 声 = 士 + 尸 + 丨

Add a new mnemonic for 聲 = 殸 + 耳

声 = 士 + 尸 + 丨 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) hears the terrifying sound (声) of bone (丨) on stone in front of the engine ((e)ng1), and he's sure that there must be a ghost (尸). Indeed it's only the bachelor (士) who wants to scare Sherlock.

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