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shame

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

chi3 chǐ

Meaning


Primary

shame

Alternatives

ashamed

Mnemonic


[ch-] Charlie Brown is in the [3] basement of the [-_] house, hungry. He finds a dusty old 止 foot next to the storage boxes and goes over and takes a bite of it. Just as he does so, he notices Snoopy is staring at him from the top of the basement stairs. Charlie Brown feels such 耻 shame at what he just did that his 耳 ears turn a bright red. He tries to explain himself but Snoopy runs away. Charlie just sits there on the cement basement floor with his red 耳 ears and half-eaten 止 foot feeling deeply 耻 ashamed.

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