Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 歪


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Meaning

at a crooked angle, devious, noxious, askew

Pronunciation

wāi

Explanation

Top: not (Four strokes are not enough!), below: correct, right (To stop at the line is correct.)

Mnemonic

If sth. is not correct, it is crooked.

Radicals

not
correct(Radical 103 stands for clothing or bales of cloth. In the Hanzi-Trainer, it is used synonymously with the correct , because it seems helpful for the explanations and the interpretation clothing/cloth bale would be in conflict with other radicals.)
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Vocabulary

歪曲 wāi qū to distort; to misrepresent
歪风邪气 wāi fēng xié qì noxious winds, evil influences (idiom); malignant social trends


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