攘外

攘

rǎng

外

wài

to resist foreign aggression

Characters and words in 攘外

攘

rǎng = r + ang3

to push up one's sleeves / to reject or resist / to seize / to perturb / to steal

Add a new mnemonic for 攘 = 扌 + 襄

外

wài = w + ai4

outside / in addition / foreign / external

Add a new mnemonic for 外 = 夕 + 卜

外 = 夕 + 卜 : There's a hole in the wall of the airplane's bathroom (ai4), and from outside (外), a bat (夕) wants to enter. Willy Walrus (w) is very afraid of bats, so he does his best to hinder the bat from entering with a voodoo staff (卜).

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