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HSK
4

to enlarge

Composition


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Sounds

Pinyin

kuo4 kuò

Meaning


Primary

to enlarge

Alternatives

enlarge, expand, enlarging, enlarged, enlarges

Mnemonic


[ku-] Koopa Troopa is in the [4] bathroom of the [-o] office building, trying 擴 to enlarge the aquarium that is in the corner of the bathroom. He surrounds it with a water-tight 广 shack and then starts flooding the shack with 廿 buckets of water. Soon the aquarium is converted into the 擴 enlarged aquarium-广 shack. To celebrate, Koopa Troopa drops a bunch of decorative 扌 fingers, each dressed with a white collar shirt and tie, into the water-filled 广 shack for the fish to play with and swim around.

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