纏綿

缠

纏

chán

绵

綿

mián

touching (emotions) / lingering (illness)

Characters and words in 纏綿

缠

纏

chán = ch + an2

to wind around / to wrap round / to coil / tangle / to involve / to bother / to annoy

Add a new mnemonic for 缠 = 纟 + 广 + 里

Add a new mnemonic for 纏 = 糹 + 廛

缠 = 纟 + 广 + 里 : Just as Charlie Chaplin (ch) entered the anthill (an2) he gets entangled (缠) into a mass of parachuting (广) silk worms (纟) which throw sunflowers (里) at him. Charlie Chaplin thinks that the silk worms are quite annoying (缠).

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绵

綿

mián = mi + an2

silk floss / continuous / soft / weak / mild-mannered (dialect)

Add a new mnemonic for 绵 = 纟 + 帛

Add a new mnemonic for 綿 = 糹 + 帛