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乐园 (lè yuán) — paradise; heaven (literal or religious); place of perfect happiness; paradise (figurative); theme park; amusement park (often as a suffix in compound names)

Definition

乐园 is 'paradise' — a place of perfect happiness, or a theme/amusement park (often as a suffix, e.g. 水上乐园). It emphasizes a place, unlike 乐趣 ('pleasure/joy,' abstract). Use 天堂 for religious heaven.

noun
paradiseheaven (literal or religious)place of perfect happinessparadise (figurative)theme parkamusement park (often as a suffix in compound names)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • ，乐园。
    Fó jiào lǐ shuō, xíng shàn de rén sǐ hòu huì qù lè yuán.
    Buddhism says that people who do good deeds will go to paradise after death.
  • ，乐园。
    Duì yú ài shū de rén lái shuō, tú shū guǎn jiù shì lè yuán.
    For book lovers, the library is paradise.
  • 乐园。
    Hái zi men zài huān lè gǔ de shuǐ shàng lè yuán wán dé hěn kāi xīn.
    The children had a great time at the water park in Happy Valley.

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.

乐lèjoy
园yuángarden

乐 is joy, and 园 is a garden or place.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樂; 乐 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 樂, 絲 (string) with 木 (wood) shows strings on a piece of wood, a musical instrument; the simplified 乐 is a later shorthand.

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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
囗囗wéi
Sound part声符shēngfú
元
元yuán园yuán
Same sound today

In 园, 元 sits inside 囗, and 元 gives the sound.

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