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to chew

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

ju3 • jǔ

Meaning


Primary

to chew

Alternatives

chew, chewing, chews, chewed

Mnemonic


[ju-] Julius Caesar is in the [3] basement of the [-_] house where he is looking for some new military strategies. He finds a 且 bookshelf of military books in the basement in the corner next to some boxes. He grabs a book and begins 咀 to chew on it with his 口 mouth, hoping that by literally 咀 chewing the book he can also figuratively 咀 chew and digest what is in it. It looks like Caesar is senile, or perhaps this is some strange Roman custom.

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