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开阔地 (kāi kuò de) — open ground, clearing, open area

Definition

开阔地 (kāikuòdì) refers to a stretch of open, unenclosed ground — the kind of flat, treeless terrain you might cross, build on, or drill on, not a building or a generic 'area'.

noun
open groundclearingopen area
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Examples

  • 开阔地。
    Zhè piàn kāi kuò de hěn shì hé jiàn zào yí gè xīn gōng yuán.
    This open area is very suitable for building a new park.
  • 开阔地。
    Shì bīng men zài kāi kuò de shàng cāo liàn.
    The soldiers drill on the open ground.
  • ，开阔地。
    Cóng shān dǐng wàng qù, xià miàn shì yí piàn guǎng kuò de kāi kuò de.
    Looking from the mountaintop, below is a vast open space.

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.

开阔open and broad
开kāiopen阔kuòbroad
联合Coordinate
地dìground

开阔 means open and broad, and 地 means ground, giving open ground.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 開; 开 is its simplified writing.

  • 門門méndoor
  • 一一yīlatch and/or wooden pole that shuts a door
  • 廾廾gǒnga pair of hands

The traditional form 開 shows 廾, a pair of hands, and 一, a latch or pole, inside 門, a door: hands opening a latched door. The simplified 开 is a shorthand form, so its parts are not the original pieces.

Open 开 →

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 闊; 阔 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
門門méngate; door
Sound part声符shēngfú
活
活huó闊kuò
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 闊 shows 門, a gate or door, with 活, which gives the sound; the simplified 阔 is a later shorthand.

Open 阔 →

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
Sound part声符shēngfú
也
也yě地dì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

地 is built from 土 (earth) and 也, which gives its sound.

Open 地 →
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