Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 噬


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Meaning

to bite, to devour

Pronunciation

shì

Explanation

Left: mouth , right: 筮 (bamboo , witch [She's doing the work of two persons ], here: variant of: sqeeze in )

Mnemonic

The mouth, in which bamboo is squeezed in: is biting.

Radicals

mouth, opening(This is a small square. If it is bigger: , it is an enclosure.)
bamboo
squeeze in
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Vocabulary

噬菌体 shì jūn tǐ bacteriophage; phage; virus that infects bacteria
吞噬 tūn shì to swallow; to engulf; to gobble up
巨噬细胞 jù shì xì bāo macrophage


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