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7-9

go upstream

Composition


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Sounds

Pinyin

su4

Meaning


Primary

go upstream

Alternatives

goes upstream, going upstream, upstream

Mnemonic


[su-] Superman is in the [4] bathroom of the [-_] house where he has set up a 丿 slide that 氵 sprays water down it and ends in the bathtub. He is trying to use that to get his mountain goat to take a bath. He 丿 slides it down the 丿 slide, only for the mountain goat to refuse to go down. It continues to 溯 go upstream against the direction of the 丿 slide and the 氵 spray. Superman uses his superhuman strength to throw a miniature 月 moon at the mountain goat to prevent it from 溯 going upstream. Sure enough, he knocks out the 月 goat who then slowly slides down into the bathtub, unconscious.

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