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entertain

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xiang3 xiǎng

Meaning


Primary

entertain

Alternatives

entertaining, entertains, entertained

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in the [3] basement of the [-ang] chapel where she is holding a party for the priests, 饗 entertaining them. She has a bunch of edible 幺 cocoons laid out on a 良 copper table along with other 食 food. Xena herself stands at the top of a small 阝 hill in the basement, 饗 entertaining the priests with some juggling sword tricks she learned.

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