Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 痴


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Meaning

stupid, imbecile, sentimental, foolish, silly

Pronunciation

chī

Explanation

Outside: disease, illness (An ice -cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: to know (The arrow has a target , which it knows.)

Mnemonic

The disease in respect to knowledge is to be: stupid.

Radicals

sickness(Similar radicals are building 广 or cliff .)
to know(The arrow knows the target )
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Vocabulary

白痴 bái chī idiocy; idiot
花痴 huā chī obsessive love (slang)
老年痴呆症 lǎo nián chī dāi zhèng senile dementia; Alzheimer's disease

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