Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 蚌

蚌

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Meaning

 mussel, clam, oyster, shell

Pronunciation

 bàng, bèng

Explanation

 Left: insect 虫, right: abundance 丰 (strongly growing plant)

Mnemonic

An 'insect', that is in abundance, is the mussel.

Radicals

虫 insect(Also this radical 昆 is understood as: insect.)
丰 growing plant(abundant)
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Vocabulary

蚌埠市 Bèng bù shì Bengbu prefecture level city in Anhui
鹬蚌相争渔翁得利 yù bàng xiāng zhēng yú wēng dé lì lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
鹬蚌相争 yù bàng xiāng zhēng lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
象拔蚌 xiàng bá bàng elephant trunk clam; geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (mainly from Washington State and British Columbia)

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