Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 伺
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伺 |
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Meaning |
to wait and watch, to examine, to spy |
Pronunciation |
cì, sì |
Explanation |
Left: person 亻/人, right: civil servant, administer 司 (... where sb. is sitting in a corner ⌝ throwing a sheet 一 of paper in the wastebasket 口) |
Mnemonic
| (He does not like to work?) A person as a civil servant wants to: wait and watch. |
Radicals
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亻
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person | (This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. - This radical has several varation, i.e. a lying person  , a sitting 匕 person.) |
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司
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administration | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 伺候 |
cì hòu |
to serve; to act as a valet | | 伺机 |
sì jī |
to wait for an opportunity; to watch for one's chance | | 观衅伺隙 |
guān xìn sì xì |
lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom); to search out one's opponent's weak points; to look for the Achilles heel |
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