射门 (shè mén) — to shoot (at the goal) in sports

Definition

射门 (shè mén) is the verb for 'shooting at the goal' in football/soccer — a separable verb. Split it as 射了一次门 (shot once).

verb

to shoot (at the goal) in sports

射门。
Tā zài bǐ sài zuì hòu wǔ fēn zhōng shè mén le.
He shot at the goal in the last five minutes of the match.
，。
Tā shè le sān cì mén, yí cì yě méi jìn.
He shot at the goal three times and didn't score once.
射门。
Zhè ge qián fēng de shè mén jì shù fēi cháng hǎo.
This forward's shooting technique is excellent.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

射 means shoot and 门 means goal, together describing shooting at the goal.

Characters in this word

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

In 射, the left part comes from 弓 (bow) and 矢 (arrow), and the right part comes from a hand drawing the bowstring.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 門; 门 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 門 pictures a gate as two door shapes side by side; the simplified 门 is a later shorthand.

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