丰饶 (fēng ráo) — rich and fertile, abundant

Definition

丰饶 (fēngráo) is a written, elevated word for land or nature being richly abundant and fertile — more literary than everyday 丰富.

adjective
rich and fertileabundant

Examples

  • 丰饶,。
    Zhè piàn tǔ dì fēi cháng fēng ráo, shì hé zhòng zhí gè zhǒng zuò wù.
    This land is very fertile, suitable for growing various crops.
  • 丰饶。
    fēng ráo De zì rán zī yuán ràng zhè ge dì qū fā zhǎn xùn sù.
    Abundant natural resources have made this region develop rapidly.
  • 丰饶。
    Yú mín men gǎn xiè dà hǎi de fēng ráo kuì zèng.
    The fishermen thanked the sea for its bountiful gifts.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

丰fēngabundant
饶ráofertile

丰 and 饶 both convey abundance, meaning rich and fertile.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 豐; 丰 is its simplified writing.

For the traditional form 豐, the drawing shows a pot full of plants above another pot. The simplified 丰 is the form you are learning.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 饒; 饶 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
食食shífood
Sound part声符shēngfú
堯
堯yáo饒ráo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 饒 uses 食 (food) for meaning and 堯 for sound; the simplified 饶 is a later shorthand.

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