Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 欺
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欺 |
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Meaning |
to cheat, take unfair advantage of, to deceive |
Pronunciation |
qī |
Explanation |
Left: grain shovel/scoop 其 (tool for threshing), used for throwing up the grain rhythmically [thus used in period 期] to divide the grain from the husk.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning  person 人 is lacking sth.) |
Mnemonic
| The grain scoop is lacking, I have been cheated. |
Radicals
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其
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grain shovel/scoop | (With a grain scoop 其 (tool for threshing), grain was rhythmically [thus used in period 期] thrown up to shead the grain from the husk. (cf. to winnow 簸)) |
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欠
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lack, yawn | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 欺骗 |
qī piàn |
to deceive; to cheat | | 欺凌 |
qī líng |
to bully and humiliate | | 欺诈 |
qī zhà |
to cheat | | 欺侮 |
qī wǔ |
to bully | | 雷公打豆腐，拣软的欺 |
Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī |
the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person; to pick on an easy target | | 童叟无欺 |
tóng sǒu wú qī |
cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously; Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. |
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