Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 坠


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Meaning

to fall, to drop, to weigh down

Pronunciation

zhuì

Explanation

Top: troops (On the hill the persons are posted as troops), bottom: earth

Mnemonic

From the hill the person comes (down) to the earth, because he has fallen down.

Radicals

hill
earth, ground
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Vocabulary

坠落 zhuì luò to fall; to drop
摇摇欲坠 yáo yáo yù zhuì tottering; on the verge of collapse
金乌西坠,玉兔东升 jīn wū xī zhuì , yù tù dōng shēng lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east; fig. at sunset


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