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shovel

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

qiao1 qiāo

Meaning


Primary

shovel

Alternatives

spade

Mnemonic


[qi-] Kirby is in [1] front of the [-ao] barn where he is planning to make a huge bonfire pit. He gets a 钅 metal 锹 shovel and digs a hole in the mud next to the red barn. Then he lines it with 钅 metal before filling it with 禾 grain stalk, slowly moving it from where it was stacked into the pit with his pink 锹 shovel that matches him. Then he lights it on 火 fire by using his 锹 shovel to create sparks. Him and the farm animals all go around the 火 fire as Kirby hugs his trusty 锹 shovel.

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