套索 (tào suǒ) — lasson (used to rope animals); noose (for hangi…

Definition

noun

lasson (used to rope animals)noose (for hanging)

Measure word · 条

套索。
Tā yòng tào suǒ tào zhù le nà pǐ mǎ.
He lassoed that horse with a ∼.
，套索。
Fàn rén bèi pàn chǔ jiǎo xíng, bó zi shàng tào zhe tào suǒ.
The prisoner was sentenced to death by hanging, with a ∼ around the neck.
套索，。
Liè rén suí shēn dài zhe yì tiáo tào suǒ, yǐ bèi bù shí zhī xū.
The hunter carried a ∼ with him just in case.

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.

套 is a loop or snare, and 索 is a rope, together describing a rope made into a loop.

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

套 is made from 大 (large) and 長 (long), originally for something long, with some reference to hair; it later came to mean a cover or a linked group.

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

索 combines 糸 (thread) and 𣎳 (stripping fibres from a hemp stalk), showing threads or rope being pulled out from a fabric.

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