Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 弓


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Meaning

a bow (weapon)

Pronunciation

gōng

Explanation

Mnemonic

Pictograph: bow without string.

Radicals

bow
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Vocabulary

弓形 gōng xíng circular segment
鸟尽弓藏 niǎo jìn gōng cáng lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
鳃弓 sāi gōng visceral arch (gill-bearing arch or its vestigial crease on sides of neck of vertebrates)

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