mouth
slide
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7-9
hold in the mouth
Composition
Components
Sounds
Diddy Kong
barn
outside the entrance
Pinyin
diao1 • diāo
Meaning
Primary
hold in the mouth
Alternatives
hold in mouth, holds in the mouth, holding in the mouth
Mnemonic
[di-] Diddy Kong is in [1] front of the [-ao] barn where he is playing on a 丿 slide that is set up in front of the red barn. Before he slides down, he 叼 holds in the mouth his 
cape that he is wearing, biting it carefully in his 口 mouth as he slides down. When he gets to the bottom, he continues to 叼 hold in the mouth his monkey-themed
cape, for whatever reason.
cape that he is wearing, biting it carefully in his 口 mouth as he slides down. When he gets to the bottom, he continues to 叼 hold in the mouth his monkey-themed
cape, for whatever reason.