Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 韬
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韬 |
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Meaning |
bow case or scabbard, to hide, military strategy |
Pronunciation |
tāo |
Explanation |
Left: leather 韦 (Two layers 二 are separated with special sword 刀 to make leather), right: 舀 (hand reaching down 爫, mortar 臼) |
Mnemonic
| Made of leather and something 爫 peeks out from the mortar-like: Bow case. |
Radicals
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韦
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soft leather | (untanned leather: The raw leather is spliced in two 二 layers with a longer blade丨 of a sword 刀 - The radical 革 stands for tanned leather. The radical 皮 is used for skin.) |
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舀
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reaching into mortar | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 邹韬奋 |
Zōu Tāo fèn |
Zou Taofen (1895-1944), journalist, political theorist and publisher | | 韬光养晦 |
tāo guāng yǎng huì |
lit. to cover light and nurture in the dark (idiom); to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time; hiding one's light under a bush |
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