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HSK
7-9

sieve

Composition


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Pinyin

shai1 shāi

Meaning


Primary

sieve

Alternatives

to sift, sift, sifts, sifted, sifting

Mnemonic


[sh-] Shrek is in [1] front of the [-ai] high school where he is trying to find a 篩 gnome that is in a pile of 巾 towels that are there on the 一 ground. Shrek's misfit best friend, the gnome has been bullied by the high school kids and buried under the dirty gym 巾 towels. Shrek uses a huge 篩 sieve made of ⺮ bamboo to help him with his task. He tosses bunches of 巾 towels into the ⺮ bamboo 篩 sieve that is suspended in the air. The 巾 towels filter through but his gnome friend is successfully caught in the 篩 sieve. Shrek yells with joy as his gnome friend, still in the 篩 sieve, thanks him with tears of joy.

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