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全会 (quán huì) — plenary session; plenum

Definition

Formal political/organizational term for a 'plenary session' — the main meeting where all members attend, such as a Party or committee plenum. More official than a general 会议.

noun
plenary sessionplenum
Measure word · 届

Examples

  • 全会。
    Zhè cì quán huì tōng guò le xīn de jué yì.
    This plenary session adopted a new resolution.
  • 全会。
    Zhōng yāng quán huì měi nián zhào kāi yí cì.
    The central plenum is held once a year.
  • 全会，。
    quán huì Jié shù hòu, dài biǎo men jìn xíng le fēn zǔ tǎo lùn.
    After the plenary session ended, the delegates held group discussions.

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.

全quánentire
会huìmeeting

全 (entire) combines with 会 (meeting) to mean a plenary session.

Characters in this word

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

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

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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 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
合合héto meet
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡆧
𡆧𡆧會huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

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