Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 窦


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Meaning

hole, convex opening, sth. missing, void

Pronunciation

dòu

Explanation

Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: to sell (For ten [coins] the hat of the leader is sold)

Mnemonic

(On the sales shelf) The hole is where something was sold: As a hole or void, where sth. is missing.

Radicals

cave
to sell
something ???
head(The big one with protruding eyes )
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Vocabulary

鼻窦炎 bí dòu yán sinusitis
窦窖 dòu jiào cellar; crypt
荜门圭窦 bì mén guī dòu wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel; living in poverty


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