Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 鞠


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Meaning

to rear, to bring up, to raise

Pronunciation

Explanation

Left: leather (Horned 廿 animals have a skin of leather.), right: 匊 (enwrap , rice )

Mnemonic

The horned animal needs protection (= wrapping) and food (=rice) during rearing.

Radicals

untanned leather
wrap
rice
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Vocabulary

鞠躬 jū gōng to bow
鞠躬尽瘁,死而后已 jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life; with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day
鞠躬尽瘁 jū gōng jìn cuì to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost


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