Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 蹬


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Meaning

to tread on, to pedal, to step on

Pronunciation

dēng, dèng

Explanation

Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: to climb, ascend (The volcano spits beans : let's ascend it)

Mnemonic

On foot you climb: Tread by tread.

Radicals

foot
climb up
vulcano
bean(shows eating / sacrificial vessel with a high round base, and is also interpreted as a drum.)
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Vocabulary

马蹬 mǎ dèng stirrup
蹭蹬 cèng dèng to have bad luck; dammit!
蹬鼻子上脸 dēng bí zi shàng liǎn lit. to climb all over sb; fig. to take advantage of sb's weakness


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