Memory phrase for the Kanji: 沥
沥
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Meaning
to drip, to strain or filter, a trickle
Pronunciation
lì
Explanation
Left: water 氵, right: past, calendar 历 (The cliff 厂 was piled up with force 力: This is the past and has entered into history)
Mnemonic
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(The bucket is leaking:) If the water has passed, it has dripped out.
Radicals
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Vocabulary
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沥青
lì qīng
asphalt; bituminous
呕心沥血
ǒu xīn lì xuè
lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom); to work one's heart out; blood, sweat and tears
呕心沥血
ǒu xīn lì xuè