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HSK
3

to continue

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xu4

Meaning


Primary

to continue

Alternatives

continue, continuing, continued, continues

Mnemonic


[xu-] Professor X is in the [4] bathroom of the [-_] house where he is fishing for 貝 shellfish in the full bathtub with a 罒 net made of 糸 silk. Next to him is a 士 soldier who also is trying to catch 貝 shellfish with a 糸 silk 罒 net. When one stops trying, the other 續 continues. By rotating shifts like this, they hope 續 to continue to catch a large number of 貝 shellfish.

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