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HSK
6

to seek out

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

tan4 tàn

Meaning


Primary

to seek out

Alternatives

seek out, seeking out, sought out, seeks out, to spy, spy, spying

Mnemonic


[t-] Tarzan is in the [4] bathroom of the [-an] pawn shop, where he works. He is 探 seeking out a vintage walking crown that has been misplaced. In the middle of the crappy bathroom there is a 木 tree with vines hanging from it. Tarzan jumps on a vine and swings around the dirty bathroom 探 seeking out the walking crown. Voila! He finds a 扌 finger holding up the walking crown in the corner behind the toilet. Tarzan found what he 探 sought out.

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