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scurry

Composition


Components

walking dollhouse
mortar
mouse

Sounds

Pinyin

cuan4 cuàn

Meaning


Primary

scurry

Alternatives

scurries, scurrying, scurried

Mnemonic


[cu-] Cupid is in the [4] bathroom of the [-an] pawn shop where he is finds a strange looking walking dollhouse that paces the dirty tile floor. When it sees Cupid, it tries to 竄 scurry away, but Cupid gets a second-hand 臼 mortar and shoots it with his bow, destroying the walking dollhouse. Inside the now-crumbled walking dollhouse are a bunch of mice, which instantly 竄 scurry away.

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