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HSK
4

to burn

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

shao1 shāo

Meaning


Primary

to burn

Alternatives

burn, burns, burning, burned, fever

Mnemonic


[sh-] Shrek is in [1] front of the [-ao] barn, camping out for the night. He plays a game on a 堯 go board with Donkey in front of the big red barn while sitting in the mud. So he lights it on 火 fire and 燒 burns it so that he can stay warm. He even gets so close to the 火 fire that he 燒 burns himself a bit, turning that part of his green skin a dark burnt color.

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