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to close shop

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

yang2 • yáng

Meaning


Primary

to close shop

Alternatives

close shop, closing shop, closed shop, to close a store, close a store, to close store, close store, to close up, close up, to close, close

Mnemonic Updated October 8, 2026


[y-] Yoshi is [2] inside the [-ang] chapel in the corner, where he has a shop that sells holy 羊 sheep to the priests and others. Unfortunately one of them catches on 火 fire, so Yoshi has no choice but 烊 to close shop for the day as he needs to take the 羊 sheep to the doctor to heal its 火 fire wounds.

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