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HSK
7-9

lane gate

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

yan2 yán

Meaning


Primary

lane gate

Alternatives

gate

Mnemonic


[y-] Yoshi is [2] inside the [-an] pawn shop shopping for a ⺈ dagger. The pawn shop is divided into lanes made out of 臼 mortars and Yoshi goes down each of them looking for his ⺈ dagger. At the end of each lane is a 阎 lane gate of 门 saloon doors. Behind one of the 阎 lane gates Yoshi finds a green-spotted second-hand ⺈ dagger that he wants to buy.

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