Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 耻
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耻 |
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Meaning |
shame, disgrace |
Pronunciation |
chǐ |
Explanation |
Left: ear 耳, right: to stop 止 (footprint of a right foot that stops at a line 一) (In traditional Chinese: 恥 with heart 心 its the derivation: "Into the ear 耳 rises (the blood) from the heart 心: you blush and are ashamed") |
Mnemonic
| If the ear "stops" (won't listen) then you are ashamed? |
Radicals
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Vocabulary
| 耻辱 |
chǐ rǔ |
disgrace; shame; humiliation | | 羞耻 |
xiū chǐ |
(a feeling of) shame | | 无耻 |
wú chǐ |
without any sense of shame; unembarrassed; shameless | | 可耻 |
kě chǐ |
shameful; disgraceful; ignominious |
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