Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 伯


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Meaning

father's elder brother, senior

Pronunciation

Explanation

Left: person , right: white (The shine of the sun makes it white.)

Mnemonic

The person with "white" (= the hair) is my elder oncle.

Radicals

person(This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" , and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. - This radical has several varation, i.e. a lying person , a sitting person.)
white(Shows a sun with a sun beam )
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Vocabulary

大伯 dà bó husband's older brother; brother-in-law
沙特阿拉伯 Shā tè Ā lā bó Saudi Arabia
伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother; uncle
伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother; uncle
萧伯纳 Xiāo bó nà George Bernard Shaw
伯爵 bó jué earl; count; earldom or countship (old)
斐理伯书 Fěi lǐ bó shū Epistle of St Paul to the Philipians

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