出土文物 (chū tǔ wén wù) — excavated cultural relics; archaeological artifacts unearthed from ancient sites
Definition
Literally 'unearthed cultural objects': artifacts dug up from ancient sites, distinct from 文物 in general (which can include pieces still in private collections).
noun
excavated cultural relicsarchaeological artifacts unearthed from ancient sites
Measure word · 件
Examples
- 出土文物。Bó wù guǎn zuì jìn zhǎn chū le yì xiē xīn fā xiàn de chū tǔ wén wù.The museum recently exhibited some newly discovered archaeological artifacts.
- 出土文物。Zhè pī chū tǔ wén wù duì yú yán jiū táng dài lì shǐ fēi cháng zhòng yào.This batch of excavated relics is very important for studying Tang dynasty history.
- 出土文物。Kǎo gǔ xué jiā zài mù xué zhōng qīng lǐ chū yì pī jīng měi de chū tǔ wén wù.Archaeologists cleaned out a batch of exquisite artifacts from the tomb.
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.
出土 (coming out of earth) and 文物 (cultural objects) combine to mean artifacts unearthed from ancient sites.
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