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Chinese inch

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

cun4 cùn

Meaning


Primary

Chinese inch

Alternatives

inch

Mnemonic


[cu-] Cupid is in the [4] bathroom of the [-(e)n] infirmary, looking for someone to shoot a 寸 caliper at, since he ran out of love arrows. He finds a person standing at the mirror and shoots it at him, striking him in the back, whereupon he screams in pain. A doctor runs in and yanks out the arrow, and tells the victim, "Don't worry, the 寸 caliper missed your heart by a 寸 Chinese inch" and begins bandaging the wound, which is also a 寸 Chinese inch wide and deep.

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