Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 眈
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眈 |
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Meaning |
gaze intently |
Pronunciation |
dān |
Explanation |
Left: eye 目, right: 冘 (big 大 person with broken arms 冖 and a broken leg 乚) |
Mnemonic
| The eye sees the person with broken arms and leg and: stares at him. |
Radicals
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目
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eye | |
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冘
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broken arms and legs | (only one broken leg at 尢) |
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乚
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lighting rod | (The use of this component is not consistent. From the character for electricity 电 comes the meaning "lightning rod", although other explanations are used such as "hook" or "kneeling person".) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 虎视眈眈 |
hǔ shì dān dān |
to glare like a tiger watching his prey (idiom); to eye covetously | | 虎视眈眈 |
hǔ shì dān dān |
to glare like a tiger watching his prey (idiom); to eye covetously |
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