for a short time in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 一下 with this easy mnemonic:

The village people were curious when a (一) shaman came to sell medicine to them. Most went to look for a short time as he dealt under (下) a tree.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 下
• 一

• 一辈子
• 下午
• 留下
• 一会
• 一无所有
• 一阵子
• 下降
• 楼下
• 之下
• 一般
• 一定
• 之一
• 一生
• 第一
• 一无所知
• 下巴

The reading of 一下 is yī xià.

You can remember how to say 一下 with this useful mnemonic:

However, the shaman was an evil (yī) shaman (xià) and all who drank his medicine fell ill all of a sudden. It was a trick to blackmail money.

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like for a short time and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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