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pluck

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

cai3 cǎi

Meaning


Primary

pluck

Alternatives

plucks, pick

Mnemonic


[c-] Casper is in the [3] basement of the haunted [-ai] high school where he lives, lovelorn. He sits underneath a 木 tree that grows out of the cracked cement floor, with a 爫 cleat in his hand. He 采 plucks one spike out of the 爫 cleat at a time. "Does she love me? Does she love me not?" He 采 plucks the last spike out... She doesn't love him.

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