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共谋 (gòng móu) — to collaborate (on a plan or scheme); to collude, to conspire

Definition

共谋 means 'to collude / conspire' — usually for wrongdoing. The first sense ('collaborate on a plan') is a neutral framing of the same action; in real use the word leans toward the illegal or underhanded sense.

verb
to collaborate (on a plan or scheme)to colludeto conspire

Examples

  • 共谋。
    Tā men gòng tóng gòng móu le yí gè fā zhǎn jì huà.
    They jointly collaborated on a development plan.
  • 共谋。
    Zhè liǎng jiā gōng sī bèi zhǐ kòng gòng móu cāo zòng shì chǎng jià gé.
    These two companies were accused of colluding to manipulate market prices.
  • 共谋，。
    Tā men gòng móu tuī fān zhèng fǔ, zuì zhōng shī bài le.
    They conspired to overthrow the government and ultimately failed.

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.

共gòngtogether
谋móuplan

共 (together) and 谋 (plan) combine to mean planning together.

Characters in this word

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

  • 廾廾gǒngtwo hands
  • 口口kǒuan object

共 shows 廾, two hands, holding up an object. That object was written 口 and later became the 廿-like top.

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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 謀; 谋 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
某
某mǒu謀móu
Same sound today

The traditional form 謀 uses 言 to show it relates to speech and 某 to show its sound; the simplified 谋 is a later shorthand.

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Appears in
Crime & Police

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