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乐土 (lè tǔ) — paradise, land of happiness (literary)

Definition

Literary term for a 'paradise' or 'land of happiness' — used in writing and rhetorical contexts, not everyday speech.

noun
paradiseland of happiness (literary)

Examples

  • 乐土。
    Zhè piàn sēn lín shì yě shēng dòng wù de lè tǔ.
    This forest is a paradise for wildlife.
  • 乐土。
    Tā mèng xiǎng zhǎo dào yí piàn shì wài lè tǔ.
    He dreams of finding a paradise beyond the world.
  • 乐土。
    Shū zhōng miáo huì le yí gè lǐ xiǎng zhōng de lè tǔ.
    The book depicts an ideal paradise.

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lèhappy
土tǔland

乐 (happy) plus 土 (land) forms a literary term for a land of happiness.

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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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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