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7-9

to pare

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xue4 xuè

Meaning


Primary

to pare

Alternatives

peel, to peel, pare, paring, pared, pares

Mnemonic


[xu-] Professor X is in the [4] bathroom of the [-e] electricity plant, where he has been hired to make a sculpture there for the employees. In the middle of the tile is a huge block of steel. Professor X lifts an electrified 刂 saber (provided by the plant) and begins 削 to pare away parts of the steel. 肖 Sparks fly everywhere, and the employees sit on the tile watching the master work floor while 削 paring some apples to snack on with electric 削 paring knives.

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