Memory phrase for the Kanji: 尝
尝
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Meaning
to taste (food), to try, already, ever, once
Pronunciation
cháng
Explanation
From top: small 小, cover 冖, cloud, to say 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds)
Mnemonic
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If the small (thing) on the cover tastes like a cloud, that's I want to try/taste.
Radicals
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Vocabulary
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尝试
cháng shì
to try; to attempt
未尝
wèi cháng
not ever; not necessarily
何尝
hé cháng
(rhetorical question) when?; how?; it's not that...
卧薪尝胆
wò xīn cháng dǎn
lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge
浅尝辄止
qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ
to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into; to attempt half-heartedly
浅尝辄止
qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ