卓绝 (zhuō jué) — unsurpassed, extraordinary

Definition

adjective
unsurpassedextraordinary

Examples

  • 卓绝。
    Tā de yì shù chéng jiù zhuō jué.
    His artistic achievements are unsurpassed.
  • 卓绝，。
    Kē xué jiā men jīng guò zhuō jué de nǔ lì, zhōng yú qǔ dé le tū pò.
    After extraordinary efforts, the scientists finally achieved a breakthrough.
  • 卓绝。
    Zhè wèi jiāng jūn zài zhàn zhēng zhōng lì xià le zhuō jué de gōng xūn.
    This general rendered unsurpassed merit in the war.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

卓zhuóoutstanding
绝juéunmatched

卓 (outstanding) and 绝 (unmatched) reinforce each other to mean extraordinary.

Characters in this word

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

The old shape has been explained as a child with a flag-like mark above, or as a man standing high on an altar, giving the sense of tall and outstanding.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 絕; 绝 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 絕, 刀 (knife) and 幺 (silk) show a knife cutting silk threads. The simplified 绝 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original picture.

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