Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 尝


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Meaning

to taste (food), to try, already, ever, once

Pronunciation

cháng

Explanation

From top: small , cover , cloud, to say (It can drip from both , namely from noses or: clouds)

Mnemonic

If the small (thing) on the cover tastes like a cloud, that's I want to try/taste.

Radicals

small(A person with tight arms)
cover
cloud, fog
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Vocabulary

尝试 cháng shì to try; to attempt
未尝 wèi cháng not ever; not necessarily
何尝 hé cháng (rhetorical question) when?; how?; it's not that...
卧薪尝胆 wò xīn cháng dǎn lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge
浅尝辄止 qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into; to attempt half-heartedly


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