撒手人寰

撒

sa̅

手

shǒu

人

rén

寰

huán

to leave one's mortal frame (idiom) / to die

Characters and words in 撒手人寰

撒

sa̅ = s + a1

to let go / to cast / to let loose / to discharge / to give expression to / (coll.) to pee

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撒 = 扌 + 散 : Socrates (s) sprinkles some water on his flowers in front of the ashram (a1). He holds a watering can (散) with a toy claw (扌), but suddenly he lets go (撒) and the water spills everywhere. Upon seeing so much water Socrates cannot help but want to pee (撒).

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撒

sǎ = s + a3

to scatter / to sprinkle / to spill

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撒

sa̅

手

shǒu

to let go of sth / to give up

手

shǒu = sh + ou3

hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

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Mnemonic symbol: a baseball glove. Sherlock Holmes (sh) is trying out his new baseball glove (手) in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

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人

rén = r + (e)n2

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

Add a new mnemonic for 人 = 丿 + ㇏

人 = 丿 + ㇏ : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

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