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剁手 duo shou literally “to chop off [one’s own] hands”
meaning: don’t touch it, particularly with regard to shopping

wo mei duo shou, suo yi wo dei chi tu
我没剁手。所以,我得吃土。
= I didn’t chop off [my] hands so I must eat dirt
=I could not resist shopping, so now I have no money.

Hanzi mnemonics:
朵 table top tree = flower bud
pictogram: it’s a picture of an inverted flower bud
ji+mu=duo
Delightful Unusual Orchid BUD=DUO

剁 flower bud plus knife = chop
Dreadful Unpleasant Outrageous CHOP=DUO

ji+mu+dao=duo

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