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spare

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

rao2 ráo

Meaning


Primary

spare

Alternatives

spared, spares

Mnemonic


[r-] Robin is [2] inside the [-ao] barn. In front of him, on the other side of a 堯 Go board, is a cow. Next to them is a big pile of 食 food that they are battling over. Robin wins, but in his infinite kindness, 饒 spares the cow and lets them split the 食 food 50/50. What's more is that he even gives the cow some of his 饒 spare food once he finishes eating and finds he is not that hungry.