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rust

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xiu4 xiù

Meaning


Primary

rust

Alternatives

to rust, rusty, rusted

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in the [4] bathroom of the [-(o)u] bakery where she is cleaning a portable set of 钅 metal 乃 stairs that are covered in 锈 rust. Lacking any cleaning supplies, she can only use cooking supplies. So she uses a huge 禾 grain stalk that she covers in a wet flour solution and wacks it against the 锈 rust on the 乃 stairs to try to get rid of it. It doesn't seem to work. In fact, the water from the sink seems to be creating more 锈 rust.

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