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to rest

Composition


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Sounds

Pinyin

xiu1 xiū

Meaning


Primary

to rest

Alternatives

rest, rested, resting, rests

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in [1] front of the [-(o)u] bakery, 休 resting from work. She wears a chef's hat and is 休 resting against a 木 tree. 亻 Slenderman arrives and asks to battle her, but she says she needs 休 to rest some more. 亻 Slenderman, eating a baguette he just bought, 休 rests under the 木 tree, too.

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