康保 (Kāng bǎo) — Kangbao (a county in Hebei Province, China)

Definition

noun
Kangbao (a county in Hebei Province, China)

Examples

  • 康保。
    Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù Kāng bǎo kàn kàn.
    I want to go see Kangbao next year.
  • 康保。
    Kāng bǎo Shì hé běi shěng de yí gè xiàn.
    Kangbao is a county in Hebei Province.
  • 康保。
    Cóng běi jīng kāi chē dào Kāng bǎo dà yuē sì gè xiǎo shí.
    It takes about four hours to drive from Beijing to Kangbao.

Origin

Characters in this word

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

康 pairs 庚 (threshing tools) with 米 (rice), showing rice being processed into chaff.

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

保 originally showed a person 人 carrying a child 子 on their back, which led to the sense of protecting.

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