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bend

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

qu1

Meaning


Primary

bend

Alternatives

bends, bending, bent

Mnemonic


[qu-] Quasimodo is in [1] front of the [-_] house where there are two 山 mountains and a 尸 flag on top of one of them. He goes up to it and tries to pull it out, but ends up just 屈 bending it. It 屈 bends far back, then snaps forward, sending Quasimodo and his 屈 bent back flying to the other 山 mountain that lies on the lawn. He lands in a weird way, with his body 屈 bent out of shape.

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