Memory phrase for the character: 赖

赖

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Meaning to depend on, to trust, to renege, to blame

Pronunciation

lài

Explanation

left: bundle 束, right: carry load 负 (With a load ⺈ at the backpack 冂 the person 人 bears a load)

Mnemonic
 
The bundle needs sb. to carry the load: That's what it is depending on.

Radicals

束 bundleThe tree 木 stands for many plants (sheafs of rice), which are bound/lashed with a ribbon 口 (cf. 兼) to form a bundle.
负 to bear; to carrycarry on one's back
贝 shell, money
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 Vocabulary

依赖 yī lài  to depend on; to be dependent on
达赖喇嘛 Dá lài lǎ ma  Dalai Lama
耍赖 shuǎ lài  to act unreasonably and shamelessly; to get away with something; to openly or brazenly act dishonestly (breaking an agreement, cheating etc)
倚赖 yǐ lài  to rely on; to be dependent on
倚赖 yǐ lài  

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