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HSK
6

shaft

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

gan3 gǎn

Meaning


Primary

shaft

Mnemonic


[g-] Gandalf is in the [3] basement of the [-an] pawn shop where he is looking for a 杆 shaft to use as a temporary staff. He looks in the stored goods in the dusty basement and can't find any 杆 shaft. All he finds is a 木 tree that grows out of the cement floor. Gandalf takes out a special 干 syringe from his grey robe and injects it into the 木 tree. Poof! It turns into a narrow 杆 shaft which Gandalf then picks up. He heads towards the basement stairs to go finish his purchase.

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