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HSK
7-9

altar

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

tan2 tán

Meaning


Primary

altar

Mnemonic


[t-] Tarzan is [2] inside the [-an] pawn shop where he is practicing his barbaric jungle religion. He has made an 坛 altar on the pawn shop counter out of 土 soil, and places a bunch of fluffy 云 clouds on top. He stands their praying at the 坛 altar, hoping to one day quit his pawn shop job and return to the jungle.