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HSK
6

to straddle

Composition


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Sounds

Pinyin

kua4 kuà

Meaning


Primary

to straddle

Alternatives

straddle, straddles, straddling, straddled

Mnemonic


[ku-] Koopa Troopa is in the [4] bathroom of the [-a] auditorium where he finds a 大 big 足 wooden leg on the 一 ground. Perhaps a discarded stage prop. He picks it up and attaches a 丂 handle to it and, holding the 丂 handle, 跨 straddles the 足 wooden leg as though it were a toy horse. Koopa Troopa then runs around the bathroom 跨 straddling the 足 wooden leg as the bathroom attendants look on with mild worry.

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