Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 裁


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Meaning

to cut out (as a dress), trim, reduce, decision, judgment

Pronunciation

cái

Explanation

Top: ten , halberd , bottom: clothes 衤/

Mnemonic

For ten layers of clothes we use a halberd to cut it out.

Radicals

ten
military(The ten (persons) at the halberd form the military.)
halberd
clothes
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Vocabulary

裁军 cái jūn disarmament
独裁 dú cái dictatorship
裁判 cái pàn judgment; to referee; umpire; judge; referee
仲裁 zhòng cái arbitration
裁定 cái dìng ruling
制裁 zhì cái to punish; punishment; sanctions (incl. economic)
裁汰 cái tài to cut back

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