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expend

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xiao1 xiāo

Meaning


Primary

expend

Alternatives

expends, expending, expended

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in [1] front of the [-ao] barn where she is trying to 銷 expend all of her scrap 金 metal by turning it into 肖 sparks with her sword. The sparks land on some hay and 銷 expend them up, turning them to ashes. Even Xena's sword is 銷 expended as it becomes dull and can no longer make 肖 sparks. 銷 Expended, she goes and drinks some milk as she sits in the mud to replenish her 銷 expended energy.