Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 婆


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Meaning

grandmother, mother-in-law, matron

Pronunciation

Explanation

Top: wave 波 (The water has this skin ) [skin = A hand with a knife peels off the skin ], below: woman

Mnemonic

The 'waved' (= with wrinkled skin) woman is my: grandmother.

Radicals

skin(For 'leather' also the radicals and are used.)
woman
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Vocabulary

老婆 lǎo pó (informal) wife
巫婆 wū pó witch; sorceress; female shaman
老婆孩子热炕头 lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou wife kids and a warm bed (common saying); the simple and good life; longa est vita si plena est; la dolce vita

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