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saltpeter

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

xiao1 xiāo

Meaning


Primary

saltpeter

Alternatives

saltpetre, nitre, niter

Mnemonic


[xi-] Xena is in [1] front of the [-ao] barn, trying to make some gunpowder. She has a pile of 硝 saltpeter that she hopes to use. She combines it with some charcoal and uses a 石 stone to create some 肖 sparks to light the mixture on fire. It explodes, sending her flying back, colliding into the front of the red barn.