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cut the throat

Composition


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Pinyin

wen3 wěn

Meaning


Primary

cut the throat

Alternatives

cuts the throat, cut throat, cut one's throat

Mnemonic


[w-] Walter White is in the [3] basement of the [-(e)n] infirmary where he is being held due to drug-induced hallucinations. A floating 勿 guinea pig comes up and 刎 cuts the throat of Walter with a 刂 saber. Or so the currently-insane Walter White, who is curled up in the corner of the basement, imagines.

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