to break out in Mandarin

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

A patient had chickenpox and people were scared that his break out might spread the disease. He was sent (发) away to stay in a temporary made (作) quarantine room.

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

• 作
• 发

• 头发
• 沙发
• 作为
• 发明
• 作品
• 出发
• 发送
• 发型
• 发展
• 工作
• 所作所为
• 发现
• 发生
• 作证
• 发疯
• 作战

The reading of 发作 is fā zuò.

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

The patient went far (fā) and wide to draw (zuò) people's attention away from his disease but failed because the infections were obvious.

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 to break out 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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