umbrella
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to tie
Composition
Components
Sounds
Sherlock Holmes
pawn shop
outside the entrance
Pinyin
shuan1 • shuān
Meaning
Primary
to tie
Alternatives
tie, bind, ties, tied, fasten
Mnemonic
[shu-] Sherlock is in [1] front of the [-an] pawn shop where he is trying 拴 to tie a second-hand 
umbrella to a second-hand 王 scepter he just bought in the pawn shop, because it is raining. He thinks 拴 tied up this way, both will look more stylish. But all he manages to do is 拴 tie his own 扌 fingers together, unable to move them. He sits there getting wet in the rain outside of the pawn shop. At least he wears a peacoat.
umbrella to a second-hand 王 scepter he just bought in the pawn shop, because it is raining. He thinks 拴 tied up this way, both will look more stylish. But all he manages to do is 拴 tie his own 扌 fingers together, unable to move them. He sits there getting wet in the rain outside of the pawn shop. At least he wears a peacoat.