Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 腿


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Meaning

leg, lower extremities

Pronunciation

tuǐ

Explanation

Left: body part /, right: retreat 退 (The movement is not good if it is a retreat.)

Mnemonic

The part of the body that can be retreated is the leg.

Radicals

meat(and body parts)
退 retreat
movement(In some cases this radical is used, but the mnemonics are the same.)
not good(This is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good". verstanden.)
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Vocabulary

大腿 dà tuǐ thigh
火腿 huǒ tuǐ ham
小腿 xiǎo tuǐ calf (of the leg)
鬼扯腿 guǐ chě tuǐ lit. ghost pulls your leg; involuntary tug of muscles; fig. very unlucky; fig. argumentative; fig. can't help doing it
裤腿 kù tuǐ trouser leg
绑腿 bǎng tuǐ leg wrappings; puttee
瘸腿 qué tuǐ crippled; lame; a cripple; a lame person


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