Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 薪
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薪 |
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Meaning |
firewood, fuel, salary |
Pronunciation |
xīn |
Explanation |
Top: plant 艹, below: new 新 (From a standing 立 tree 木 your axe 斤 makes someting new.) |
Mnemonic
| (All) plants and also standing trees are made with the axe to: firewood. |
Radicals
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艹
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grass, plant | |
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亲
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parents | (Traditionally, this character was: 親, thus: "Who is standing in a tree and is watching out (for the kids)? - The parents!" - Now, the parents only stand in the tree.) |
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立
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stand | |
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斤
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axe | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 薪水 |
xīn shuǐ |
salary; wage | | 薪金 |
xīn jīn |
salary; wage | | 卧薪尝胆 |
wò xīn cháng dǎn |
lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge | | 高薪聘请 |
gāo xīn pìn qǐng |
to hire at a high salary | | 釜底抽薪 |
fǔ dǐ chōu xīn |
to take drastic measures to deal with a situation; to pull the carpet from under sb |
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