cún

to exist

to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive

talent (才) + child (子) = to keep safe and survive

才 lends the sound cún here rather than its meaning of talent. 子, meaning child, carries the semantic weight — a child kept safe and preserved is the core image of endurance and storage.

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你可以把钱在银行里。

nǐ kě yǐ bǎ qián cún zài yín háng lǐ。

You can deposit your money in the bank.

这些古老的文件被完好地保下来了。

zhè xiē gǔ lǎo de wén jiàn bèi wán hǎo de bǎo cún xià lái le。

These ancient documents have been preserved in good condition.

Words with 存

运存

yùn cún

RAM (abbr. for 運行內存|运行内存[yun4 xing2 nei4 cun2])

道之所存,师之所存

dào zhī suǒ cún , shī zhī suǒ cún

If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4]).

适存度

shì cún dù

fitness (evolution)

适者生存

shì zhě shēng cún

survival of the fittest

遗存

yí cún

historical remains

锁存器

suǒ cún qì

latch (electronic)

长存

cháng cún

to last for a long time; to endure

长期共存

cháng qī gòng cún

long-term coexistence

闪存

shǎn cún

(computing) flash memory

闪存盘

shǎn cún pán

USB flash drive; thumb drive

随机存取

suí jī cún qǔ

random access (memory)

随机存取存储器

suí jī cún qǔ cún chǔ qì

random access memory (RAM)

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