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Keyword
to lie supine
  • to cease
  • to lay down
  • to lay off
Frequency
#4015
Strokes
11
Readings
yǎn
Mnemonic
亻 (person) gives the meaning and 匽 the sound.
Stroke order
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Used in vocabulary
偃yǎn
to lie supine; to stop; to fall down
偃旗息鼓yǎnqíxīgǔ
lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease; to give in