Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 叟


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Meaning

old gentleman, old man

Pronunciation

sǒu

Explanation

Stick and hands from left and right E, , below: again (shows hand)

Mnemonic

He supports himself with both hands at a stick that serves as a third hand: the old man.

Radicals

again, hand(Other radicals with a hand are: )
old gentleman, old man
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Vocabulary

老叟 lǎo sǒu old man
童叟无欺 tóng sǒu wú qī cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously; Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.


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