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HSK
7-9
砍
chop
Composition
Components
欠
bill
石
stone
Sounds
k-
Kermit the Frog
-an
pawn shop
3
basement
Pinyin
kan3
•
kǎn
Meaning
Primary
chop
Mnemonic
[k-] Kermit
is in the
[3] basement
of the
[-an] pawn shop
, holding a sharp
石 stone
. On the basement floor are a bunch of
欠 bills
that the pawn shop refuses to pay, and Kermit uses his sharp
石 stone
to
砍 chop
them up into a bunch of pieces.
Similar Meaning Characters
zhǎn
斩
to chop
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