Chinese mnemonics and annotator
Imjagpul's additions to Matthews
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聘 pìn to betroth
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The chivalrous knight was about to cut his ear off, to show he was earnest the he wanted to betroth her. Fortunately, a pin thrown by the dwarf hit the sword before he could do it (he was hammering something nearby, and as he saw what was about to happen, he intervened - as he didn't want him to lose his ear). |
Compositions
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
聘
pìn
to engage (a teacher etc)/to hire/to betroth/betrothal gift/to get married (of woman)