Memory phrase for the Kanji: 欺


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Meaning to cheat, take unfair advantage of, to deceive

Pronunciation

Explanation

Left: grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing), used for throwing up the grain rhythmically [thus used in period 期] to divide the grain from the husk.), right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth.)

Mnemonic


 
The grain scoop is lacking, I have been cheated.

Radicals

grain shovel/scoopWith a grain scoop (tool for threshing), grain was rhythmically [thus used in period 期] thrown up to shead the grain from the husk. (cf. to winnow 簸)
lack, yawn
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 Vocabulary

 欺骗  qī piàn  to deceive; to cheat
 欺凌  qī líng  to bully and humiliate
 欺诈  qī zhà  to cheat
 欺侮  qī wǔ  to bully
 雷公打豆腐,拣软的欺  Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī  the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person; to pick on an easy target
 童叟无欺  tóng sǒu wú qī  cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously; Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
 童叟无欺  tóng sǒu wú qī  

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