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rise up

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

sheng1 shēng

Meaning


Primary

rise up

Alternatives

rise, ascend

Mnemonic


[sh-] Shrek is in [1] front of the [-(e)ng] English manor. He sees the 日 sun slowly 昇 rise up over the horizon, and gets concerned about being sunburned. He opens up a 升 liter of swamp mud he always carries with him and rubs it all over his skin, to protect it.

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