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7-9

to diminish

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Pinyin

bian3 biǎn

Meaning


Primary

to diminish

Alternatives

diminish, diminished, diminishing, diminishes, to devalue, devalue, devalues, devaluing, devalued

Mnemonic


[bi-] Bigfoot is in the [3] basement of the [-an] pawn shop where he is organizing some priceless 贝 shellfish that they have stored down there. Suddenly 之 Zorro comes down a 丿 slide that is near the 贝 shellfish, knocking right into them, and afterwards cutting a Z onto some of them. Bigfoot is angry because this has 贬 diminished the value of each of the 贝 shellfish, which were in mint condition. Some of them were completely destroyed, so their number has also been 贬 diminished. Bigfoot goes into a rage and starts to chase 之 Zorro, hoping 贬 to diminish the chance of him doing any more harm.

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