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HSK
7-9

paralyzed

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

tan1 tān

Meaning


Primary

paralyzed

Alternatives

paralysis, paralyze

Mnemonic


[t-] Tarzan is in [1] front of the [-an] pawn shop sitting on a rusty second-hand 又 folding stool in the middle of the patchy pawn shop lawn. He is completely 瘫 paralyzed for some reason, perhaps some rare jungle fever. Because he is 瘫 paralyzed, his entire face and part of his naked chest is covered in his running 疒 snot, because he can't move to wipe it away. A wild 隹 turkey comes up and starts picking at the 疒 snot on Tarzan's naked chest, and all Tarzan can do is internally scream in pain, as he is totally 瘫 paralyzed.

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