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rice plant

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

dao4 dào

Meaning


Primary

rice plant

Alternatives

rice, paddy, rice paddy, rice field

Mnemonic


[d-] Dracula is in the [4] bathroom of the [-ao] barn, where he is growing a 稻 rice plant out of one of the mounds of manure. He puts a 禾 grain stalk into a 臼 mortar and grinds it up with a pair of 爫 cleats creating some extra nutrients that he sprinkles over the 稻 rice plant to help it grow.

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