Memory phrase for the character: 翁

翁



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Meaning

elderly man, father

Pronunciation

 wēng

Explanation

 Top: public 公 (eight 八 noses 厶 form public), below: wings 羽

Mnemonic
 
Publicly wearing wings is sth. for elderly men.

Radicals

公 public
羽 feather
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 Vocabulary

主人翁 zhǔ rén wēng  master (of one's own destiny etc)
老翁 lǎo wēng  old man
百万富翁 bǎi wàn fù wēng  millionaire
鹬蚌相争渔翁得利 yù bàng xiāng zhēng yú wēng dé lì  lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
鹬蚌相争渔翁得利 yù bàng xiāng zhēng yú wēng dé lì  

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