Memory phrase for the character: 苟

苟

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Meaning thoughtless, negligent, careless, if indeed

Pronunciation

gǒu

Explanation

Top: plant 艹; bottom: sentence 句 (wrapped 勹 mouth 口 [here: a present])

Mnemonic
 
Using plants for wrapping a present 口 is: thoughtless and negligent.

Radicals

艹 grass, plant
句 sentence
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 Vocabulary

苟延残喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn  to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)
一丝不苟 yī sī bù gǒu  not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules; meticulous; not one hair out of place
苟且 gǒu qiě  perfunctory; careless; drifting along; resigned to one's fate; improper (relations); illicit (sex)
苟且 gǒu qiě  

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