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失业者 (shī yè zhě) — unemployed person; the jobless

Definition

noun
unemployed personthe jobless
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 失业者。
    Zhèng fǔ zhèng zài bāng zhù shī yè zhě zhǎo dào xīn gōng zuò.
    The government is helping the unemployed find new jobs.
  • 失业者。
    Hěn duō shī yè zhě cān jiā le zhí yè péi xùn.
    Many unemployed people participated in vocational training.
  • 失业者。
    Shè huì yīng gāi guān xīn shī yè zhě de shēng huó.
    Society should care about the lives of the unemployed.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

失业lose one's job
失shīlose业yèjob
动宾Verb + object
者zhěperson

失业 means to lose one's job, and 者 refers to the person described.

Characters in this word

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

The shape is explained as a fallen person's footprint surrounded by drops of blood; another reading pairs 手 (hand) and 乙 to show something falling from a hand.

Open 失 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 业 →

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

The form 者 originally drew a sugarcane with full stems, small points around it, and an open smiling mouth at the bottom.

Open 者 →
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