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HSK
3

virtuous

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

shan4 shàn

Meaning


Primary

virtuous

Alternatives

good

Mnemonic


[sh-] Shrek is in the [4] bathroom of the [-an] pawn shop, where he works part-time. There is a 羊 sheep who has gotten its 丷 horns stuck in the 一 ground of the bathroom. Shrek goes up to the 羊 sheep and performs a 善 virtuous deed of grabbing the sheep's wool with his 口 mouth and then yanking the 羊 sheep out of the 一 ground. The 羊 sheep, touched by this 善 virtuous deed, takes off his 丷 horns and gives them to Shrek.

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