Memory phrase for the Kanji: 沾


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Meaning

to moisten, to be infected by, to receive favors

Pronunciation

zhān

Explanation

Left: water , right: fortune-telling (crack in the shell of a turtle from which the fortune was told)

Mnemonic

If you use water for forturne telling, you need to moisten sth.

Radicals

Water
divineIt is shown a crack in the shell of a turtle from which the fortune was told. This radical uses the radical .
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Vocabulary

 沾花惹草  zhān huā rě cǎo  to moisten the flower and beckon the leaves (idiom); to womanize; to frequent brothels; to sow one's wild oats
 沾染  zhān rǎn  to pollute (often fig.); to be infected by; to gain a small advantage
 沾染  zhān rǎn  
 沾染  zhān rǎn  


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