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叛军 (pàn jūn) — rebel army, insurgent forces

Definition

noun
rebel armyinsurgent forces
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • 叛军。
    Zhèng fǔ jūn yǔ pàn jūn zài biān jìng dì qū fā shēng le jī liè jiāo huǒ.
    Government forces and rebel troops engaged in fierce fighting in the border area.
  • 叛军，。
    Guó jì shè huì hū yù pàn jūn fàng xià wǔ qì, cān yù hé píng tán pàn.
    The international community calls on the rebel army to lay down its arms and join peace talks.
  • 叛军。
    Zhè zuò chéng shì de kòng zhì quán yǐ jīng luò rù pàn jūn shǒu zhōng.
    Control of this city has fallen into the hands of the rebel forces.

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.

叛pànrebel
军jūnarmy

叛 means rebel and 军 means army, naming rebel or insurgent 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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
反反fǎn
Sound part声符shēngfú
半
半bàn叛pàn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

叛 pairs 反 as its meaning part with 半 as its sound part.

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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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