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to melt

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Pinyin

rong2 róng

Meaning


Primary

to melt

Alternatives

melt, melts, melting, melted, smelt

Mnemonic


[r-] Robin Hood is [2] inside the [-ong] temple where he is participating in a monk ceremony. At the center of the wooden floor is a large 火 fire. The monks, who all wear 谷 swim fins as part of the ceremony, bang on gongs and light incense as they through metal 宀 dollhouses into the 火 fire, 熔 melting them. Robin Hood is there scraping up the 熔 melted metal 宀 dollhouses from the wooden floor, as he thinks he can 熔 melt the hearts of the poor by giving them such valuable stuff.

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