兔唇

tùchún
noun #28,510

Meanings

  1. 1 harelip; cleft lip (birth defect)

Examples

Tā tiānshēng tùchún, jīngguò shǒushù hòu yǐ jīběn huīfù zhèngcháng.
He was born with a cleft lip, which has been largely corrected through surgery.
Xiàndài yīxué kěyǐ yǒuxiào de xiūfù tùchún.
Modern medicine can effectively repair a cleft lip.

Tips

memory
(rabbit) + (lip) — rabbits have a characteristic split upper lip, which is exactly what a cleft lip resembles. The visual metaphor makes this easy to remember.

Stroke Order

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