Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 擅


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Meaning

without authority, to usurp, to monopolize, to be good at

Pronunciation

shàn

Explanation

Left: hand , right: 亶 (cover , rotate , sun rise )

Mnemonic

(A rotatable blind [= jalousie] at the window) The hand that turns the cover, before the sunrise, does this: unauthorized.

Radicals

hand
lid
revolve, return
sun rise(sun over the horizon)
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Vocabulary

擅自 shàn zì without permission; of one's own initiative
擅长 shàn cháng to be good at; to be expert in
擅离职守 shàn lí zhí shǒu AWOL (Absent Without Leave, military term)


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