Memory phrase for the character: 咧

咧

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Meaning child's cry, draw back corners of mouth

Pronunciation

liē, liě

Explanation

Left: mouth 口, right: row 列 (wicked 歹 [bar bone] is exposed with a knife刂 in a row [i.e. backbone])

Mnemonic
 
If the mouth is (long as) a row: it is crying.

Radicals

口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
列 row, to arrange
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 Vocabulary

龇牙咧嘴 zī yá liě zuǐ  to grimace (in pain); to show one's teeth; to bare one's fangs
骂骂咧咧 mà ma liē liē  to swear while talking; to be foul-mouthed
骂骂咧咧 mà ma liē liē  to swear while talking; to be foul-mouthed
咧开嘴笑 liě kāi zuǐ xiào  to laugh
咧开嘴笑 liě kāi zuǐ xiào  

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