Memory phrase for the character: 驴

驴

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Meaning

donkey

Pronunciation

lǘ

Explanation

Left: horse 马/馬, right: sliding door 戸 here: back/buttons 尸 with a load 一)

Mnemonic

The 'horse' that is loaded, is: the donkey.

Radicals

馬	horse	Picture of a running horse with the mane in the wind, four legs 灬 and the tail.
戶	door	Image of a sliding door 尸 in an upper guidance rail.
尸	buttocks in side view	This radical has actually the meaning: corpse 尸. But due to its use in tail 尾, urine 尿, or flatulence 屁, it is considered to generally mean 'buttocks'.

Vocabulary

驴唇马觜	lǘ chún mǎ zī	lit.camel's lip, horse's mouth (idiom); fig. to chatter; nonsense; blather
毛驴	máo lǘ	donkey
黔驴技穷	Qián lǘ jì qióng	to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)
黔驴技穷	Qián lǘ jì qióng

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