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reclaim land

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Pinyin

ken3 kěn

Meaning


Primary

reclaim land

Alternatives

reclaim, reclamation, land reclamation, reclaims, reclaiming, reclaimed

Mnemonic


[k-] Kermit the Frog is in the [3] basement of the [-(e)n] infirmary where he is 墾 reclaiming land that has been cemented over so he can grow medicine down there. He works with a group of nurses filling in the corner of the basement with 土 soil that that it can be 墾 reclaimed for cultivation. While they are digging up 土 soil, they find a 艮 silver 豸 leopard buried there, that must be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. They have finally 墾 reclaimed this lost treasure, and they hope to install it as a statue there in the basement.