Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 剿


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Meaning

to extirpate, to plagiarize, to destroy

Pronunciation

chāo, jiǎo

Explanation

Left: nest (three beaks in a nest in a tree ), right: knife, to cut

Mnemonic

(All in) the nest I (kill) with the knife when extirpating.

Radicals

wild river
fruit, result, indeed
cut(It is typically at the right side of the character.)
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Vocabulary

围剿 wéi jiǎo to encircle and annihilate; refers to repeated campaigns of the Guomindang against the communists from 1930 onwards
剿灭 jiǎo miè to eliminate (by armed force)
追剿 zhuī jiǎo to pursue and eliminate; to suppress


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