Memory phrase for the character: 憋

憋

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Meaning to restrain, to choke, to stifle, to hold (breath/urine)

Pronunciation

biē

Explanation

Top: shabby, (humble: I) 敝 (The cloth 巾 is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.), bottom: heart 心

Mnemonic
 
My humble/ shabby heart restrains itself.

Radicals

敝 shabby, poor(modest) I, myself
心 heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.
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 Vocabulary

憋气 biē qì  to feel suffocated or oppressed; to choke with resentment; to feel injured or resentful
憋闷 biē men  to feel oppressed; to be depressed; to feel dejected
憋闷 biē men  

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