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Composition


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Sounds

Julius Caesar
electricity plant
outside the entrance

Pinyin

jue1 juē

Meaning


Primary

snap

Alternatives

snaps, snapped

Mnemonic


[ju-] Julius Caesar is in [1] front of the [-e] electricity plant on top of a small 厂 cliff. A mountain goat comes up to him and gives him a 欠 bill for being there. Julius uses a single 扌 finger to 撅 snap the neck of the mountain goat and fling it down off the 厂 cliff where it slowly 丿 slides down to the entrance to the electricity plant. If you agitate Caesar, he can suddenly 撅 snap!

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