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封锁线 (fēng suǒ xiàn) — blockade line; cordon; quarantine line

Definition

noun
blockade linecordonquarantine line
Measure word · 道

Examples

  • 封锁线。
    Jūn duì zài biān jìng shè le yí dào fēng suǒ xiàn.
    The military set up a blockade line at the border.
  • ，封锁线。
    Yì qíng qī jiān, chéng shì zhōu wéi shè zhì le fēng suǒ xiàn.
    During the pandemic, a cordon was set up around the city.
  • 封锁线，。
    Jǐng chá lā qǐ fēng suǒ xiàn, jìn zhǐ rén yuán jìn rù.
    The police pulled up a cordon and prohibited people from entering.

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.

封锁seal off
封fēngseal锁suǒlock
联合Coordinate
线xiànline

封锁 brings together 封 and 锁 to mean seal off, and 线 gives the line, so it names a blockade line.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
土土tǔearth
寸寸cùnhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
丰
丰fēng封fēng
Same sound today

The shape 封 is 丰 plus 土 (earth) plus 寸 (hand); 丰 was originally drawn as a tree seedling.

Open 封 →

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 鎖; 锁 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
金金jīnmetal
Sound part声符shēngfú
𧴪
𧴪𧴪鎖suǒ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 鎖 pairs 金 (metal) with a sound component, 𧴪; the simplified 锁 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the original parts.

Open 锁 →

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 線; 线 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
泉
泉quán線xiàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 線 uses 糹 (silk/thread) to show the meaning and 泉 to suggest the sound; the simplified 线 is a later shorthand.

Open 线 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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