全文 (quán wén) — full text | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

full text

Examples

全文。
Qǐng yuè dú quán wén.
Please read the full text.
全文。
Zhè piān bào gào de quán wén hěn cháng.
The full text of this report is very long.
全文。
Tā bǎ quán wén fù zhì dào le wén dàng lǐ.
He copied the full text into the document.

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 (whole) and 文 (text) together mean the complete written content.

Characters in this word

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

入入rù
玉玉yùjade

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

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

The current form 文 shows a man with head, arms, legs, and chest; the tattoo marks on the chest are no longer drawn.

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