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wail

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

ao2 áo

Meaning


Primary

wail

Alternatives

wails, wailing, wailed

Mnemonic


[_-] Master Chief is [2] inside the [-ao] barn where he is 嗷 wailing with pain. In the straw in front of him, near the cows, is a dead 士 soldier that is one of Master Chief's colleagues. He choked to death on a 方 compass which is still in his 口 mouth. The 攵 foreman stands next to Master Chief, trying to console the 嗷 wailing man.

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