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7-9

shrimp

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xia1 xiā

Meaning


Primary

shrimp

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in [1] front of the [-a] auditorium where her pet 虾 shrimp is on the ground 下 below her. She bends over and feeds it little 虫 insects as she waits in line for tickets. The other in line look at her and her 虾 shrimp with a mixture of disgust and fascination.

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