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HSK
7-9

strive

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

mian3 miǎn

Meaning


Primary

strive

Alternatives

strives, striving, strived

Mnemonic


[mi-] Mickey Mouse is in the [3] basement of the [-an] pawn shop where he is 勉 striving to be the first to catch a 免 hare that is running around the pawn shop bathroom, threading between stalls. He competes with a 力 muscular arm that similarly 勉 strives to catch that same 免 hare. However the 免 hare 勉 strives most of all, outrunning the two around the messy basement.