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sift

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

shai1 shāi

Meaning


Primary

sift

Alternatives

sifts, sifted, sifting, sieve

Mnemonic


[sh-] Shrek is in [1] front of the [-ai] high school where he is trying to 筛 sift through a huge stack of ⺮ bamboo to try to find an onion. The high school kids played a prank on him, hiding his onion lunch inside a huge stack of ⺮ bamboo that is on the high school lawn. Shrek sits on a 巾 towel that is placed on the 一 ground as he uses a large 刂 saber to 筛 sift through the ⺮ bamboo, trying to find his onion that he is craving so badly.

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