后坐力 (hòu zuò lì) — recoil (of a gun); backlash; reactive force

Definition

noun
recoil (of a gun)backlashreactive force

Examples

  • 后坐力。
    Zhè bǎ qiāng de hòu zuò lì hěn dà.
    This gun has a large recoil.
  • 后坐力。
    Jī qì qǐ dòng shí huì chǎn shēng hòu zuò lì.
    The machine produces a backlash when it starts up.
  • 后坐力。
    Zuò yòng lì hé hòu zuò lì zǒng shì dà xiǎo xiāng děng fāng xiàng xiāng fǎn.
    The action force and the reactive force are always equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.

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.

后坐recoil
后hòuback坐zuòsit
偏正Modifier + head
力lìforce

后 (back) and 坐 (sit) give recoil, and 力 adds force.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 後; 后 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 後 showed 夊 (foot) bound by 幺 (thread), a foot caught by a rope and lagging behind; the simplified 后 is a later abbreviation, and 后 also has a different meaning.

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

The form 坐 combines 留, 'to stay', and 土, 'ground'.

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

力 is drawn as either an arm bending out from the side of the body or a wooden plough.

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