不開竅

不

bù

开

開

ka̅i

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竅

qiào

unable to understand / can't get the point

Characters and words in 不開竅

不

bù = bu + Ø4

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

Add a new mnemonic for 不 = 丆 + 卜

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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开

開

ka̅i = k + ai1

to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

Add a new mnemonic for 开 = 一 + 廾

Add a new mnemonic for 開 = 門 + 开

开 = 一 + 廾 : A bottle opener. Karl Marx is sitting in front of the airplane, begging for money. He's playing a flute and has his bottle opener ready for the next beer, but unfortunately, he'll be carried away, his hands cuffed, soon.

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开

開

ka̅i

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qiào

to get it straight / to start to understand things properly / enlightenment dawns

窍

竅

qiào = qi + ao4

hole / opening / orifice (of the human body) / (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)