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7-9

confuse

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xiao2 xiáo

Meaning


Primary

confuse

Alternatives

confused, confuses, confusing

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is [2] inside the [-ao] barn where she is sweating from all of the farm work. She sits on top of the hay inside the barn and takes out the 有 deodorant 氵 spray she has and uses it. She is 淆 confused because it just sprays two black 㐅 x's on to her armpits. She suddenly realizes that she 淆 confused her 有 deodorant 氵 spray with her paint 氵 spray can and accidentally used the latter. Now she has two huge black 㐅 X's on her armpits. She goes to get some milk to try to wash them off, still feeling 淆 confused.

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