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7-9

envy

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xian4 xiàn

Meaning


Primary

envy

Alternatives

envies, envied, envying, admire

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in the [4] bathroom of the [-an] pawn shop where she is washing a 羊 sheep. She 氵 sprays it with water from the sink and uses some second-hand soap to wash it. The other coworkers look on, 羨 envying that she gets to wash the cute 羊 sheep. Suddenly someone comes in and gives her a 欠 bill for all of her adventuring debts. This makes Xena 羨 envy the simple life of the 羊 sheep, which does not need to worry about stupid 欠 bills.

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