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义演 (yì yǎn) — benefit performance; charity performance

Definition

义演 (yìyǎn) is a performance put on to raise money for charity or disaster relief — a 公 noun, not just any 'benefit show'. The cause (义) is what makes it an 义演, not the entertainment value.

noun
benefit performancecharity performance
Measure word · 场

Examples

  • 义演。
    Zhè chǎng yì yǎn chóu jí le shàng bǎi wàn yuán shàn kuǎn.
    This benefit performance raised millions of yuan in donations.
  • 义演。
    Hěn duō míng xīng dōu cān jiā le zhè cì yì yǎn.
    Many celebrities took part in this charity performance.
  • 义演。
    Tā men wèi zāi qū zǔ zhī le yì chǎng yì yǎn.
    They organized a benefit performance for the disaster area.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

义yìcharity
演yǎnperformance

“义” charity and “演” performance form a benefit performance.

Characters in this word

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 義; 义 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
羊羊yáng
Sound part声符shēngfú
我
我wǒ義yì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 義 has 我 giving the sound and 羊 meaning good or auspicious; the simplified 义 is a later abbreviation.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐ
Sound part声符shēngfú
寅
寅yín演yǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

演 pairs 氵 (water) with 寅, which gives the sound yín.

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Appears in
Dance & Performance

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