Character breakdown
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How to learn 甲酚
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
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Words with the same characters
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一甲yī jiǎ1st rank or top three candidates who passed the imperial examination (i.e. 狀元|状元[zhuang4 yuan2], 榜眼[bang3 yan3], and 探花[tan4 hua1], respectively)
甲等jiǎ děnggrade A; first-class
三甲sān jiǎ3rd rank of candidates who passed the imperial examination; (hospital ranking) A-grade tertiary (the highest level) (abbr. for 三級甲等|三级甲等[san1 ji2 jia3 deng3])
美甲měi jiǎmanicure and-or pedicure
花甲huā jiǎ60 years (of age); see 花蛤[hua1 ge2]