Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 娼


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Meaning

prostitute

Pronunciation

chāng

Explanation

Left: woman , right: to flourish (Two suns and it is flourishing)

Mnemonic

The woman like two suns is: the prostitute.

Radicals

woman
prosperous, flourishing
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Vocabulary

娼妓 chāng jì prostitute
笑贫不笑娼 xiào pín bù xiào chāng the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty; lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)
暗娼 àn chāng unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute


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