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HSK
4

to explain

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

shi4 shì

Meaning


Primary

to explain

Alternatives

explain, explains, explaining, explained

Mnemonic


[sh-] Shrek is in the [4] bathroom of the [-_] house where he misses his dirty muddy swamp. So he gets some 釆 droppings and makes a sort of miniature swamp in the bathtub, surrounding a 又 folding stool-as-castle and some cornstalks as trees. He can't 释 explain where the 又 stool-as-castle idea came from, nor 释 explain why he decided to actually make this miniature swamp in the bathtub.

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