Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 残


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Meaning

to destroy, to ruin, cruel, incomplete, to remain

Pronunciation

cán

Explanation

Left: bad, wicked [= bare bone], right: (two halberds )

Mnemonic

Only bones and two halberds remained: at the destruction.

Radicals

bad, wicked
two halberds
halberd
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Vocabulary

残酷 cán kù cruel; cruelty
苟延残喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)
残骸 cán hái remains; wreckage

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