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HSK
5

scissors

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

jian3 jiǎn

Meaning


Primary

scissors

Alternatives

shears

Mnemonic


[ji-] Jimmy Neutron is in the storage [3] basement of the [-an] pawn shop, looking for a pair of 剪 scissors. He can only find a pair of curved ivory 前 tusks. He takes a 刀 sword and carves the 前 tusks into a pair of ivory 剪 scissors.

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