不用說

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

用

yòng

need not

用

yòng = yu + (e)ng4

to use / to employ / to have to / to eat or drink / expense or outlay / usefulness / hence / therefore

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用 = 丨 + 月 : Mnemonic symbol: a first aid kit. Can you see the cross on the container?

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用 = 丨 + 月 : Yu the Great hurt her leg when she slipped in the engine's bathroom. The moon helps her to splint her leg using the bathroom's first aid kit and a dinosaur bone.

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说

說

shuì = shu + ei4

to persuade

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Add a new mnemonic for 说 = 讠 + 兌

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说

說

shuo̅ = shu + o1

to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說|日心说 heliocentric theory)

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Add a new mnemonic for 说 = 讠 + 兌

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说 = 兑 + 讠 : In front of the observatory is a big advertising column. On it is a picture of Sheldon Shrimp, who is depicted to be talking about his new cash exchange booth.

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说

說

shuo̅ = shu + o1

to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine

Add a new mnemonic for 说 = 兑 + 讠

Add a new mnemonic for 说 = 讠 + 兌

Add a new mnemonic for 說 = 言 + 兌