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sleep

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

mei4 mèi

Meaning


Primary

sleep

Alternatives

sleeps, slept, sleeping

Mnemonic


[m-] Mario is in the [4] bathroom of the [-(e)i] beach house by the bay where he is trying to 寐 sleep. He lays on the tile floor on top of a towel, still wearing his red bathing suit. Overhead is a 未 blossoming tree that is always there in the beach house bathroom. Right before he is able to 寐 sleep, the 爿 waitress comes in to use the bathroom. Mario, angry at being woken, throws a 宀 dollhouse at her. Then he finally goes to 寐 sleep.

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