沛

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copious; abundant

Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Circulating 巿 water 氵, representing a flood

Components 氵巿

copious · Heisig RSH #1688

水 water + 市 market

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
项庄舞剑，意在沛公	Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài Pèi gōng	lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦\|刘邦[Liu2 Ban…
项庄舞剑，志在沛公	Xiàng Zhuāng wǔ jiàn , zhì zài Pèi gōng	see 項莊舞劍，意在沛公\|项庄舞剑，意在沛公[Xiang4 Zhuang1 wu3 jian4 , yi4 zai4 Pei4 gong1]
精力充沛	jīng lì chōng pèi	vigorous; energetic
流离颠沛	liú lí diān pèi	destitute and homeless (idiom); displaced and without means
颠沛流离	diān pèi liú lí	homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift
阿旺曲沛	Ā wàng qǔ pèi	Ngawang Choepel (Tibetan, Fulbright scholar)
沛县	Pèi Xiàn	Pei County or Peixian, a county in Xuzhou City 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu
沛公	Pèi gōng	Duke of Pei (i.e. 劉邦\|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1])
丰沛	fēng pèi	copious; plentiful (of water); surging (of waves); refers to home village of first Han emp…
充沛	chōng pèi	abundant; plentiful
颠沛	diān pèi	to fall over; to stumble; (fig.) to suffer hardship; to be in desperate straits