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to coerce

Composition


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Pinyin

xie2 xié

Meaning


Primary

to coerce

Alternatives

coerce, coerces, coerced, coercing

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is [2] inside the [-e] electricity plant where she is being 脅 coerced into eating rotten old 月 moons by three 力 muscular arms that surround her. They say if she doesn't do it, they will throw her into the fire generator. 脅 Coerced and with no other options, she eats the stinky old rotten 月 moon as the 力 muscular arms surround her.

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