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7-9

to bore a hole

Composition


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Pinyin

zao2 záo

Meaning


Primary

to bore a hole

Alternatives

bore a hole, to bore, bore, to cut a hole, cut a hole, to chisel, chisel, to dig, dig

Mnemonic


[z-] Zelda is [2] inside the [-ao] barn where she is operating on a large cow with 丷 horns that lays in the middle of a large 凵 pit of hay. Zelda wears a Triforce 业 laurel wreath and holds a Triforce 干 syringe which she jabs into the cow in order 凿 to bore a hole. After she 凿 bores a hole into the cow, she takes out a miniature Triforce out of the cow which it previously ate, saving its life.

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