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slug

Composition


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Sounds

Pinyin

yan2 yán

Meaning


Primary

slug

Mnemonic


[y-] Yoshi is [2] inside the [-an] pawn shop, bored at work. He watches a 蜒 slug as it moves across the display case to try to catch a dead 虫 insect that is on the other end. While doing that, he 廴 stretches and uses his 正 pointer to poke the 蜒 slug to make it move faster. Finally he catches the 蜒 slug with his tongue and swallows it.

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