客串

to appear on stage in an amateur capacity / (of a professional) to make a guest appearance / (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties / to substitute for

Characters and words in 客串

客

kè = k + e4

customer / visitor / guest

Add a new mnemonic for 客 = 各 + 宀

客 = 各 + 宀 : Karl Marx (k) is receiving a visitor in the elevator's bathroom (e4). His guest is wearing a graduation cap (宀) and a dress made of stars (各).

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串

chuàn = chu + an4

to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across

Add a new mnemonic for 串 = 丨 + 吕

串 = 丨 + 吕 : Chantal Chicken (chu) opened a secret popup store in the anthill's bathroom (an4). She prepared lots of skewers (串) using mandarins (吕) and dinosaur bones (丨). After she finishes the last one, she lets everyone know by playing a pitch pipe (吕).

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