Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 余


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Meaning

remaining, extra, surplus

Pronunciation

Explanation

Top: a heap , bottom: Variant of show (= This shows an altar , with a sacrifice and blood dropping down.)

Mnemonic

A heap on the altar shows that something is in excess.

Radicals

person(everybody)
remaining, excess(Under the roof, on the table, something is in excess.)
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Vocabulary

剩余价值 shèng yú jià zhí surplus value
有余 yǒu yú to have an abundance
余孽 yú niè remaining evil element; surviving members (of evil former regime); dregs (of colonial administration)
余悸 yú jì lingering fear
积恶余殃 jī è yú yāng Accumulated evil will be repaid in suffering (idiom).
余烬 yú jìn ember

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