芭蕾

bā lěi · HSK 7

ballet

🩰 Sounds like bar-lay — a bar where dancers do ballet

芭 (bā) sounds like 'bar' and 蕾 (lěi) sounds like 'lay'. Both characters have the grass radical 艹 on top, hinting at the French origin being dressed in Chinese botanical garb.

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