Memory phrase for the character: 谀
谀
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Meaning
to flatter
Pronunciation
yú
Explanation
Left: word 讠(=言), right: 臾 (mortar 臼 [= two hands E, 彐] and person 人)
Mnemonic
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Words that encompass the person like a mortar (=made of two hands) want to: flatter.
Radicals
讠
word Traditionally written as 言, which shows sound waves out of a mouth.
臼
mortar Like two hands E, 彐 that are pushing from both sides.
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Vocabulary
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面谀
miàn yú
to praise sb to his face
阿谀奉承
ē yú fèng chéng
flattering and fawning (idiom); sweet-talking
阿谀
ē yú
to flatter; to toady
阿谀
ē yú