Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 鳖


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Meaning

freshwater soft-shelled turtle

Pronunciation

biē

Explanation

Top: shabby, (humble) I (The cloth is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.), bottom: fish / (... with mouth ⺈, body and tail fin )

Mnemonic

This shabby "fish" is a: turtle.

Radicals

shabby, poor((modest) I, myself)
fish
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Vocabulary

鳖裙 biē qún calipash
鳖甲 biē jiǎ turtle shell
瓮中捉鳖 wèng zhōng zhuō biē to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); to set oneself an easy target; a turkey shoot


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