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squander

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

dang4 dàng

Meaning


Primary

squander

Alternatives

squandering, squanders, squandered

Mnemonic


[d-] Dracula is in the [4] bathroom of the [-ang] chapel. One of the priests gives him some 艹 flowers as a way of trying to convince him to leave behind his vampire ways. Dracula takes the 艹 flowers and places them in an 昜 enclosure that is in the corner, and 氵 sprays water on them from the sink. But he 氵 sprays too much, 蕩 squandering water, and also the 艹 flowers, that drown in the flooded 昜 enclosure. The priest, usually serene, is quite mad that his good will has been so stupidly 蕩 squandered and starts hitting Dracula.

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