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ancestral hall

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

ci2

Meaning


Primary

ancestral hall

Alternatives

ancestral temple, hall, temple

Mnemonic


[c-] Casper is [2] inside the living room of the [-_] house, wearing a ghost 衤 suit. On the 一 ground before him is a cape laid out on the carpet. This has converted the living room into an 祠 ancestral hall, symbolically. Casper kisses the cape with his 口 mouth to worship his ancestors in this strange 祠 ancestral hall.

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