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curl up

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

quan2 quán

Meaning


Primary

curl up

Alternatives

curled up, curls up, curling up

Mnemonic


[qu-] Quasimodo is [2] inside the [-an] pawn shop where he finds an old headdress on display. He picks it up and a bunch of paperclips and 虫 insects fall from it to the ground. Quasimodo is so terrified he 蜷 curls up into a ball in falls to the floor in a panic. He almost looks like a paperclip when he is all 蜷 curled up with his hunched back poking out.