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salty

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xian2 xián

Meaning


Primary

salty

Alternatives

salted, salt

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is [2] inside the [-an] pawn shop where she works. Someone comes in to pawn off a 咸 blowgun and Xena takes a lick of it and finds that it is 咸 salty. Why is the 咸 blowgun so 咸 salty, she wonders. She continues to lick the 咸 salty 咸 blowgun while the customer stares at the warrior princess with disgust.

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