Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 鸣


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Meaning

twitter, to cry (of birds), resonance

Pronunciation

míng

Explanation

Left: mouth , right: bird / (pictogram of a bird with claws )

Mnemonic

The mouth of the bird is twittering.

Radicals

mouth, opening(This is a small square. If it is bigger: , it is an enclosure.)
bird
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Vocabulary

共鸣 gòng míng resonance (physics); sympathetic response to sth
百家争鸣 bǎi jiā zhēng míng a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
雷鸣 léi míng thunder; very loud sounds
鸣禽 míng qín songbird
哮鸣 xiào míng wheezing
擂鼓鸣金 léi gǔ míng jīn to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat; to egg people on or to call them back
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣 huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells; good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)


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