Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 沾
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沾 |
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Meaning |
to moisten, to be infected by, to receive favors |
Pronunciation |
zhān |
Explanation |
Left: water 氵, right: fortune-telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told) |
Mnemonic
| If you use water for forturne telling, you need to moisten sth. |
Radicals
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氵
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Water | |
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占
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divine | (It is shown a crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told. This radical uses the radical 卜.) |
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Vocabulary
| 沾花惹草 |
zhān huā rě cǎo |
to moisten the flower and beckon the leaves (idiom); to womanize; to frequent brothels; to sow one's wild oats | | 沾染 |
zhān rǎn |
to pollute (often fig.); to be infected by; to gain a small advantage |
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