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HSK
7-9

pinch

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

qia1 qiā

Meaning


Primary

pinch

Alternatives

pinches, pinched, pinching

Mnemonic


[qi-] Kirby is in [1] front of the [-a] auditorium, performing tricks for spare change in front of the audience members lined up for tickets. He first crushes a 臼 mortar by 掐 pinching it into pieces with his 扌 finger. Then he takes out a ⺈ dagger that is stuck in his arm by 掐 pinching it and taking it out. Some of the audience members, so impressed, 掐 pinch themselves to make sure it is all real and not a dream.

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