任人宰割

任

rèn

人

rén

宰

zǎi

割

ge̅

to get trampled on (idiom) / to be taken advantage of

Characters and words in 任人宰割

任

rén = r + (e)n2

surname Ren / Ren County 任縣|任县[Ren2 Xian4] in Hebei

Add a new mnemonic for 任 = 亻 + 壬

任

rèn = r + (e)n4

to assign / to appoint / to take up a post / office / responsibility / to let / to allow / to give free rein to / no matter (how, what etc) / classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)

Add a new mnemonic for 任 = 亻 + 壬

任 = 亻 + 壬 : An assignment written down on a heap of paper. Robinson Crusoe agreed to take care of Rosa Luxemburg's cat o' nine tails for a few days. Rosa wrote down his assignment on paper and handles him the heap in the encampment's bathroom.

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任

rèn

人

rén

to appoint (sb to a post)

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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宰

zǎi = z + ai3

to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc) / (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge / (bound form) to govern; to rule / (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)

Add a new mnemonic for 宰 = 宀 + 辛

宰 = 宀 + 辛 : Zorro (z) is preparing a terrible kind of kimchi (辛) in the airplane (ai3). He is slaughtering livestock (宰) and collecting it together with the kimchi in a huge, turned-over graduation cap (宀).

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宰

zǎi

割

ge̅

to slaughter / (fig.) to ride roughshod over / to take advantage of (others)

割

ge̅ = g + e1

to cut / to cut apart

Add a new mnemonic for 割 = 害 + 刂

割 = 害 + 刂 : Calamity Jane (害) wants to castrate (割) Guy Fawkes (刂) with a kitchen knife (刂) in front of the elevator (e1).

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