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ruins

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xu1

Meaning


Primary

ruins

Alternatives

ruin

Mnemonic


[xu-] Professor X is in [1] front of the [-_] house on the lawn fighting a ferocious 虍 tiger. He overdoes it, destroying not only the 虍 tiger with his mental powers, but also reducing the entire house to a pile of 墟 ruins and 土 soil. Professor X, full of remorse at destroying not only a 虍 tiger but his own house as well, uses his mental powers to lift up and place a 业 laurel wreath onto the 墟 ruins of the house.

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