Memory phrase for the character: 在


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Meaning to exist, (located) at, (to be) in, in the middle of doing sth

Pronunciation

zài

Explanation

Outside: var. of talent (If the big man balances on one foot, he is talented.), bottom: earth

Mnemonic


 
The talents on earth exist in being ..

Radicals

talentWhen the big person balances on one foot, he is talented. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting , sitting cross-legged , lying , kneeling , skilled, bending ,, slumped or husband )
earth, ground
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 Vocabulary

现在 xiàn zài  now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays
逍遥自在 xiāo yáo zì zai  free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered; outside the reach of the law (of criminal); at large
迫在眉睫 pò zài méi jié  pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent
朦在鼓里 méng zài gǔ lǐ  lit. kept hoodwinked inside a drum (idiom); completely in the dark
心不在焉 xīn bù zài yān  absent-minded; preoccupied; inattentive; with one's thoughts wandering
在座 zài zuò  be present
谁笑在最后,谁笑得最好 shéi xiào zài zuì hòu , shéi xiào dé zuì hǎo  He laughs best who laughs last.
在位 zài wèi  on the throne; reigning (monarch)
内在 nèi zài  intrinsic; innate
在世 zài shì  to be alive
在下 zài xià  under; myself (humble)
在下 zài xià  

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