Memory phrase for the character: 蚌
蚌
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Meaning
mussel, clam, oyster, shell
Pronunciation
bàng, bèng
Explanation
Left: insect 虫, right: abundance 丰 (strongly growing plant)
Mnemonic
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An 'insect', that is in abundance, is the mussel.
Radicals
虫
insect The body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.
丰
growing plant Shows a growing plant 丨 with three 三 branches. When a leaf ノ is added, it becomes life 生.
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Vocabulary
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蚌埠市
Bèng bù shì
Bengbu prefecture level city in Anhui
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
yù bàng xiāng zhēng
lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
象拔蚌
xiàng bá bàng
elephant trunk clam; geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (mainly from Washington State and British Columbia)
象拔蚌
xiàng bá bàng