Memory phrase for the character: 韬


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Meaning bow case or scabbard, to hide, military strategy

Pronunciation

tāo

Explanation

Left: leather (Two layers are separated with special sword to make leather), right: (hand reaching down , mortar )

Mnemonic


 
Made of leather and something peeks out from the mortar-like: Bow case.

Radicals

soft leatheruntanned leather: The raw leather is spliced in two layers with a longer blade of a sword - The radical stands for tanned leather. The radical is used for skin.
reaching into mortar
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 Vocabulary

邹韬奋 Zōu Tāo fèn  Zou Taofen (1895-1944), journalist, political theorist and publisher
邹韬奋 Zōu Tāo fèn  
韬光养晦 tāo guāng yǎng huì  lit. to cover light and nurture in the dark (idiom); to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time; hiding one's light under a bush
韬光养晦 tāo guāng yǎng huì  


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