Memory phrase for the character: 欺

欺

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Meaning to cheat, take unfair advantage of, to deceive

Pronunciation

qī

Explanation

Left: grain shovel/scoop 其 (tool for threshing), used for throwing up the grain rhythmically [thus used in period 期] to divide the grain from the husk.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning

person 人 is lacking sth.)

Mnemonic

The grain scoop is lacking, I have been cheated.

Radicals

其	grain shovel/scoop	With a grain scoop 其 (tool for threshing), grain was rhythmically [thus used in period 期] thrown up to shed the grain from the husk. (cf. to winnow 簸)
欠	lack, yawn

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Vocabulary

欺骗	qī piàn	to deceive; to cheat
欺凌	qī líng	to bully and humiliate
欺诈	qī zhà	to cheat
欺侮	qī wǔ	to bully
雷公打豆腐，拣软的欺	Léi Gōng dǎ dòu fu , jiǎn ruǎn de qī	the God of Thunder strikes bean curd, a bully picks the weakest person; to pick on an easy target
童叟无欺	tóng sǒu wú qī	cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously; Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
童叟无欺	tóng sǒu wú qī

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