双肩 (shuāng jiān) — both shoulders; one's two shoulders

Definition

noun
both shouldersone's two shoulders

Examples

  • 双肩。
    Tā shuāng jiān káng zhe liǎng dài dà mǐ.
    He is carrying two bags of rice on both shoulders.
  • 双肩。
    Tā shuāng jiān bēi zhe yí gè dà shū bāo.
    She is carrying a large backpack on both shoulders.
  • 双肩。
    Shēng huó de zhòng dàn yā zài tā de shuāng jiān shàng.
    The heavy burden of life rests on his shoulders.

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.

双shuāngtwo
肩jiānshoulder

双 means two, and 肩 means shoulder, so the word refers to both shoulders.

Characters in this word

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

双 is made of two 又 parts side by side. Repeating 又 gives the sense of a pair.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

肩 combines a shoulder shape with a flesh part to show a shoulder.

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