大本营

大

dà

本

běn

营

營

yíng

headquarters / base camp

Characters and words in 大本营

大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

Add a new mnemonic for 大 = 一 + 人

大

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

Add a new mnemonic for 大 = 一 + 人

大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

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本

běn = b + (e)n3

root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

Add a new mnemonic for 本 = 一 + 木

本 = 一 + 木 : Beelzebub (b) finds a Christmas tree (木) in the encampment ((e)n3) and feels like eating its roots (本). He uses a flute (一) to chop the roots right off.

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营

營

yíng = y + (e)ng2

camp / barracks / battalion / to build / to operate / to manage / to strive for

Add a new mnemonic for 营 = 艹 + 冖 + 吕

Add a new mnemonic for 營 = 炏 + 冖 + 呂

营 = 艹 + 冖 + 吕 : Maud Younger (y) built a camp (营) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). She is sitting on a sheet of artificial lawn (艹) with a cooking top (冖) serving as her roof, and playing idly on her pitch pipe (吕).

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