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HSK
3

to fear

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

kong3 kǒng

Meaning


Primary

to fear

Alternatives

fear, fears, feared, fearing

Mnemonic


[k-] Kermit the Frog is in the [3] basement of the [-ong] temple where he is looking at some of the old temple relics stored down there. He comes across one that he 恐 fears terribly. It is a bronze frog surrounded by red 丸 pills and has a sharp 工 cross-beam stabbed through its metallic 心 heart! He turns around and sees all of the monks stare at him with a strange glance, and he 恐 fears for his little frog life.

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