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袒

tǎn
verb #37,112

Meanings

  1. 1 to bare (one's body)
  2. 2 to expose
  3. 3 to take sides with / shield

Examples

他袒胸露背地坐在树下。
Tā tǎn xiōng lù bèi de zuò zài shù xià.
He sat under the tree, bare-chested.
母亲总是袒护小儿子。
Mǔqīn zǒngshì tǎnhù xiǎo érzi.
The mother always shields her younger son.

Tips

memory
Radical 衤 (clothing) + 旦 (dawn / open). Picture clothing 'opened up at dawn' — bared. The same character extends to figurative 'baring of partiality': 袒护 (tǎnhù, to shield), 偏袒 (piāntǎn, to be biased toward).

Stroke Order

袒 tǎn