Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 黛


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Meaning

umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow

Pronunciation

dài

Explanation

Top: generation (The person passes on the sabre to the next generation.), bottom: black (The underside of the cooking pot is stained by fire black.)

Mnemonic

Since generations we use this black for the eyebrows.

Radicals

generation
black(The lower side of the cooking pot is - by the fire - stained black.)
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Vocabulary

黛安娜 Dài ān nà Diana (goddess in Greek mythology)
眉黛 méi dài eyebrows (with umber black make-up)
烟花粉黛 yān huā fěn dài woman; prostitute; love-making; literary or theatrical form in Tang, Song and Yuan


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