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同盟军 (tóng méng jūn) — allied forces; coalition army (literal or figurative)

Definition

noun
allied forcescoalition army (literal or figurative)
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • ，同盟军。
    Dì èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn zhōng, gè guó tóng méng jūn lián hé kàng jī fǎ xī sī.
    During World War II, the allied forces of various countries jointly fought against fascism.
  • 同盟军。
    Tā men zài zhàn zhēng zhōng zǔ jiàn le yì zhī qiáng dà de tóng méng jūn.
    They formed a powerful allied army during the war.
  • 同盟军，。
    Méi yǒu tóng méng jūn de zhī chí, zhè chǎng zhàn yì hěn nán qǔ shèng.
    Without the support of allied forces, it would be very difficult to win this battle.

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.

同盟alliance
同tóngsame盟méngalliance
偏正Modifier + head
军jūnarmy

同 and 盟 form the idea of a shared alliance, and 军 gives army, producing allied forces.

Characters in this word

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

同 originally drew a pipe. It is the old form of 筒.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
囧囧jiǒng
Sound part声符shēngfú
皿
皿mǐn盟méng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

盟 pairs 囧 with 皿, and 皿 gives the sound.

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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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Appears in
Military & Defense

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