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HSK
3

sword

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

dao1 dāo

Meaning


Primary

sword

Mnemonic


[d-] Dracula is in [1] front of the [-ao] barn. Rather, he is pinned to the barn by a giant 刀 sword. He isn't dead yet, since he is a vampire after all, but he is trying to pull the 刀 sword out so that he can escape before the sun rises.

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