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miserable

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

can3 cǎn

Meaning


Primary

miserable

Alternatives

wretched

Mnemonic


[c-] Casper is in the [3] basement of the [-an] pawn shop where he comes across a 惨 miserable looking 厶 elbow next to the piles of old 惨 miserable looking goods. It has a 大 big 彡 hair growing out of it, and Casper plucks it for him as a friendly gesture. However, that 惨 miserable looking big 彡 hair was actually required for it to stay alive, so it dies and the 惨 miserable 忄 soul of the 厶 elbow rises towards heaven. Casper is in a 惨 miserable state because it accidentally killed the 厶 elbow!

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