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7-9

to wither

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Pinyin

wei3 wěi

Meaning


Primary

to wither

Alternatives

wither, withers, withering, withered, to wilt, wilt, wilts, wilted

Mnemonic


[w-] Walter White is in the [3] basement of the [-(e)i] beach house by the bay tending to his 禾 grain stalks and 艹 flowers that grow in the dark moist sand below. Of course, without any sunlight, all the 禾 grain stalks and 艹 flowers have 萎 withered. So Walter works with his partner and crime, a 女 woman wearing a lab trench coat, to try to make the 艹 flowers and 禾 grain stalks less 萎 withered by burying crystal meth in the sandy damp soil. It doesn't seem to work, as the plants instead just 萎 wither further.

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