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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 二 two 羊 sheep figurines she is in the process of shoplifting. She sits their 羡 envying those who have enough money to buy fine 羊 sheep figurines like these. 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 二 two 羊 sheep 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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