Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 八


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Meaning

eight, 8

Pronunciation

Explanation

Mnemonic

Side view of two hands with the four fingers (without thumb) streched which means eight in total.

Radicals

eight
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Vocabulary

八十 bā shí eighty; 80
炼丹八卦炉 liàn dān bā guà lú eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality; symbol of the alchemist's art; Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble
茄二十八星瓢虫 qié èr shí bā xīng piáo chóng twenty eight spot lady beetle; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata Fabricius
八面玲珑 bā miàn líng lóng be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)

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