Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 瓦


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Meaning

roof tile, watt (electr.)

Pronunciation

Explanation

Image of overlapping roof tiles and locked by a nail

Mnemonic

Interlocked by a hook: two roof tiles.

Radicals

tile
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Vocabulary

瓦解 wǎ jiě to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble
瓦砾 wǎ lì rubble; debris
瓦楞 wǎ léng rows of tiles; corrugated
琉璃瓦 liú lí wǎ glazed roof tile
拉瓦锡 Lā wǎ xī Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), French nobleman and scientist, considered the father of modern chemistry
博茨瓦纳 Bó cí wǎ nà Botswana
萨尔瓦多 Sà ěr wǎ duō El Salvador
千瓦 qiān wǎ kilowatt (unit of electric power)
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣 huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells; good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)

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