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HSK
7-9

to decline

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

shuai1 shuāi

Meaning


Primary

to decline

Alternatives

decline, declining, declined, declines

Mnemonic


[shu-] Sherlock Holmes is in [1] front of the [-ai] high school where his wits has 衰 declined. He wears a 衣 dress and walks around with his 口 mouth permanently dragged along the 一 ground. Some high school kids ask him some simple questions that he fails to answer. They say that he is the elementary one. His intelligence has indeed 衰 declined to that of an elementary school student. What is the source of this mysterious 衰 decline?

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