Memory phrase for the character: 赖

赖

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Meaning

to depend on, to trust, to renege, to blame

Pronunciation

lài

Explanation

left: bundle 束, right: carry load 负 (With a load ⺈ at the backpack 冂 the person 人 bears a load)

Mnemonic

The bundle needs sb. to carry the load: That's what it is depending on.

Radicals

束	bundle	The tree 木 stands for many plants (sheafs of rice), which are bound/lashed with a ribbon 口 (cf. 兼) to form a bundle.
负	to bear; to carry	carry on one's back
贝	shell, money	This is simplified from 貝, which showed a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八 that was used as money.

Vocabulary

依赖	yī lài	to depend on; to be dependent on
达赖喇嘛	Dá lài lǎ ma	Dalai Lama
耍赖	shuǎ lài	to act unreasonably and shamelessly; to get away with something; to openly or brazenly act dishonestly (breaking an agreement, cheating etc)
倚赖	yǐ lài	to rely on; to be dependent on
倚赖	yǐ lài

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