Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 矫
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矫 |
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Meaning |
to correct, to rectify, to redress, brave, to feign |
Pronunciation |
jiǎo |
Explanation |
Left: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天), right: tall 乔 (young death 夭, but here: sky 天 [Sky-天-long legs 丿| make tall]) |
Mnemonic
| (just bend it straight) An arrow that is big can be corrected. |
Radicals
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Vocabulary
| 矫揉造作 |
jiǎo róu zào zuò |
pretension; affectation; putting on artificial airs | | 矫正 |
jiǎo zhèng |
to correct; to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision); to cure; rectification; correction; to straighten | | 矫健 |
jiǎo jiàn |
strong and healthy; vigorous | | 矫诏 |
jiǎo zhào |
the pretense of acting on imperial order | | 矫枉过直 |
jiǎo wǎng guò zhí |
to over-correct a defect (idiom); to over-compensate; to push sth too far the other way; fig. inverse discrimination |
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