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brilliant

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Pinyin

can4 • càn

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brilliant

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brilliantly

Mnemonic Updated October 8, 2026


[c-] Casper is in the [4] bathroom of the [-an] pawn shop, bored on the slow shift. He lights a campfire campfire on the tile floor among the second-hand junk and tosses in a handful of 米 rice. The campfire campfire bursts into a 燦 brilliant 火 fire, shooting flaming 米 rice all over the bathroom. Casper claps and shouts "燦 BRILLIANT!" as the flaming 米 rice spells out 燦 BRILLIANT on the floor.

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