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HSK
7-9

betray

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

pan4 pàn

Meaning


Primary

betray

Alternatives

betrays, betraying

Mnemonic


[p-] Patrick Star is in the [4] bathroom of the [-an] pawn shop taking a break from work. He is swinging on his favorite bathroom 反 swing that hangs in the corner opposite of the toilet. However, he slips off and falls on the tile. Patrick thinks that the 反 swing has 叛 betrayed him somehow, so he decides to 叛 betray the 反 swing by breaking it in 半 half.