Memory phrase for the character: 滞

滞

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Meaning

inhibit, block, sluggish

Pronunciation

zhì

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: belt 带 (A belt 一 in 3 positions as a cover 冖 for the cloth 巾)

Mnemonic
 
(To build a pond with a dam/dike) The water within the 'belt' is inhibited & sluggish.

Radicals

氵 waterSimplified from this water 水
巾 cloth, turban




 Vocabulary

停滞 tíng zhì  stagnation; at a standstill; bogged down
阻滞 zǔ zhì  to clog up; silted up
停滞不前 tíng zhì bù qián  stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant; in a rut; at a standstill
 

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