Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 滥
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滥 |
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Meaning |
overflowing, excessive, indiscriminate |
Pronunciation |
làn |
Explanation |
Left: water 氵, right: supervise 监 (For the cut bamboo 监 [=knife刂 & half bamboo 竹] is a bowl 皿 for its supervision) |
Mnemonic
| The water must be supervised because of the overflowings. |
Radicals
氵
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Water | |
监
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to supervise, jail | (Top: cut bamboo and half of bamboo 竹), below: bowl 皿 .... For cut bamboo (snippets/shred) I need a bowl to "supervise" it.) |
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Vocabulary
泛滥 |
fàn làn |
to be in flood; to overflow (the banks); to inundate; to spread unchecked | 滥用 |
làn yòng |
to abuse | 滥伐 |
làn fá |
to denude; illegal logging; forest clearance | 宁缺毋滥 |
nìng quē wú làn |
better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option |
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