Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 若


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Meaning

to seem, like, as, if

Pronunciation

ruò

Explanation

Top: plant , below: right (= The hand that feeds the mouth )

Mnemonic

The plant to the right seems "as if".

Radicals

to seem as if
grass, plant
right side
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Vocabulary

若干 ruò gān a certain number or amount; how many?; how much?
若是 ruò shì if
倘若 tǎng ruò provided that; supposing that; if
郭沫若 Guō Mò ruò Guo Moruo (1892~1978), writer, communist party intellectual and cultural apparatchik
静若寒蝉 jìng ruò hán chán as quiet as a cicada in winter (idiom)
惆怅若失 chóu chàng ruò shī to feel despondent (idiom)
进道若蜷 jìn dào ruò quán entering the Way, you seem to coil back (Laozi 老子, the Book of Dao 道德经, Chap. 14); progress in the Dao can seem illusory

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