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友军 (yǒu jūn) — friendly forces

Definition

noun
friendly forces
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • 友军。
    yǒu jūn Yǐ jīng dào dá qián xiàn.
    The friendly forces have arrived at the front line.
  • 友军。
    Wǒ men xū yào hé yǒu jūn bǎo chí lián xì.
    We need to stay in contact with the friendly forces.
  • 友军。
    yǒu jūn De zhī yuán duì wǒ men hěn zhòng yào.
    The support of the friendly forces is very important to us.

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.

友yǒufriendly
军jūnarmy

友 means friendly and 军 means forces, so the combination denotes friendly forces.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

友 is drawn as two 又, the hand form, side by side. The old explanation says two hands together mean friendship.

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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 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

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Military & Defense

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