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HSK
7-9

envy

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xian4 xiàn

Meaning


Primary

envy

Alternatives

envies, envied, envying, admire

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in the [4] bathroom of the [-an] pawn shop where she is sitting on the toilet and looking at 羊 Sheep In 冫 Ice figurine collection she is in the process of shoplifting. She sits their 羡 envying those who have enough money to buy fine 羊 Sheep In 冫 Ice figurines like these, as they're quite the rare commodity. Just as she is about to exit the bathroom with the figurines smuggled in her warrior attire, an employee barges in and gives her a 欠 bill for the 羊 Sheep In 冫 Ice figurines, as they know she is trying to steal them. Xena, stunned, 羡 envies those who actually know how to shoplift correctly. In anger (and 羡 envy) she cuts the 欠 bill in half with her sword.

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