Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 坎


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Meaning

bumpy, hole, pit, threshold, snare

Pronunciation

kǎn

Explanation

Left: earth , right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth.)

Mnemonic

If earth is lacking, it becomes: bumpy.

Radicals

earth, ground
lack, yawn
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Vocabulary

坎帕拉 Kǎn pà lā Kampala, capital of Uganda
心坎 xīn kǎn bottom of one's heart
坎坷 kǎn kě bumpy (of a road); rough (of life); to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes
坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠 Kǎn bèi ěr zhū rú cāng shǔ Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)
坎坷多舛 kǎn kě duō chuǎn full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to someone's life)
坎坷不平 kǎn kě bù píng pot-holed and bumpy road (idiom); fig. full of disappointment and dashed hopes


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