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7-9

crafty

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

jiao3 jiǎo

Meaning


Primary

crafty

Alternatives

craftily, cunning, cunningly

Mnemonic


[ji-] Jimmy Neutron is in the [3] cellar of the [-ao] barn where he has come up with a 狡 crafty scheme to catch a 犭 poodle that has infested the cellar. He places a ball of 交 yarn in the middle of the cellar and waits for the 犭 poodle to come up and sniff it, and when it does the 交 yarn explodes, killing the 犭 poodle and solving the infestation. A truly 狡 crafty, albeit cruel, plan.

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