壮举 (zhuàng jǔ) — great feat, magnificent achievement

Definition

noun

great featmagnificent achievement

Measure word · 个

壮举。
Dēng dǐng zhū fēng shì yí xiàng lìng rén jìng pèi de zhuàng jǔ.
Summiting Mount Everest is an admirable feat.
，壮举。
Tā dú zì héng dù tài píng yáng, kān chēng zhuàng jǔ.
He crossed the Pacific Ocean alone, which can be called a magnificent feat.
壮举。
Zhè xiàng kē xué shí yàn shì rén lèi tàn suǒ yǔ zhòu de zhuàng jǔ.
This scientific experiment is a great feat of human space exploration.

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.

壮zhuàngmagnificent

壮 means magnificent and 举 means deed; together they name a great achievement.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 壯; 壮 is its simplified writing.

爿士壯

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

爿

爿pán壯zhuàng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 壯 uses 士 to hint at the meaning and 爿 for the sound; the simplified 壮 is a later abbreviation.

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 舉; 举 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

與

與yǔ舉jǔ

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 舉 pairs 與, which gives the sound, with 手, a hand; the simplified 举 is a later shorthand.

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