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sinister

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xiong1 xiōng

Meaning


Primary

sinister

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in [1] front of the [-ong] temple where she finds a 凶 treasure chest in the middle of the rock garden. She opens it up... only to realize it was a 凶 sinister trap! The monks run up from behind and push her into the treasure chest, then lock her in. She screams and curses the 凶 sinister monks who have literally entrapped her!

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