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Choosing Mnemonics

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公卿

公

gōng

卿

qīng

high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor

Characters and words in 公卿

公

gōng = gu + (e)ng1

public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal)

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卿

qīng = qi + (e)ng1

high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old)