Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 堑
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堑 |
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Meaning |
moat around a city |
Pronunciation |
qiàn |
Explanation |
Top: chop 斩 (The vehicle 車 was chopped by an axe 斤.), bottom: earth 土 |
Mnemonic
| When 'chopping' the earth, you get: a moat. |
Radicals
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Vocabulary
| 东非大地堑 |
Dōng Fēi dà dì qiàn |
Great East African rift valley | | 地堑 |
dì qiàn |
trench, rift valley | | 吃一堑，长一智 |
chī yī qiàn , cháng yī zhì |
Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom). One only learns from one's mistakes. |
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