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受损 (shòu sǔn) — to suffer damage, to be damaged

Definition

verb
to suffer damageto be damaged

Examples

  • ，受损。
    Zài zhè cì dì zhèn zhōng, hěn duō jiàn zhù shòu sǔn le.
    Many buildings suffered damage in this earthquake.
  • ，受损。
    Cháng qī bào lù zài yáng guāng xià, pí fū huì shòu sǔn.
    Prolonged exposure to sunlight can damage the skin.
  • 受损。
    Zhè chǎng fēng bào shǐ nóng zuò wù yán zhòng shòu sǔn.
    This storm caused serious damage to crops.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

受shòureceive
损sǔndamage

受 means receive or suffer and 损 means damage, so together they mean suffer damage.

Characters in this word

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

受 possibly combines 爪 and 又 as hands with 舟 as a boat, to show handing something over.

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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 損; 损 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
員
員yuán損sǔn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 損 pairs 手 (hand) with 員 as a sound part; the simplified 损 is a later shorthand, so its visible parts are not the original components.

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