Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 董


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Meaning

to supervise, to direct, director

Pronunciation

dǒng

Explanation

Top: plant , below: double, heavy (vehicle / with double wheels )

Mnemonic

(Breeding success is labor-intensive:) To make plants heavy, they must be supervised.

Radicals

grass, plant
heavy, to double
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Vocabulary

董仲舒 Dǒng Zhòng shū Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty
董卓 Dǒng Zhuó Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189
古董 gǔ dǒng curio; antique


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