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gluttonous

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

chan2 chán

Meaning


Primary

gluttonous

Alternatives

glutton, gluttony, gluttonously

Mnemonic


[ch-] Charlie Brown is [2] inside the [-an] pawn shop on lunch break. He has a 比 stack of 食 food on the display counter that he is 饞 gluttonously eating. A 兔 rabbit comes up and starts to nibble at the 食 food with his 口 mouth, but Charlie is so 饞 gluttonous that he takes a second-hand ⺈ dagger and stabs the 兔 rabbit because he wants all of the 食 food to himself.