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HSK
7-9

ashamed

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

can2 cán

Meaning


Primary

ashamed

Alternatives

shame

Mnemonic


[c-] Casper is [2] inside the [-an] pawn shop, where there is a used 车 car on display. Casper, feeling angry, gets a 斤 hoe and starts beating up the 车 car, to the point that its 忄 soul comes out and floats to heaven. Afterwards he feels 惭 ashamed that he beat the 忄 soul out of the 车 car. And more 惭 ashamed that he, a ghost, did not know 车 cars have 忄 souls.

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