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律师费 (lǜ shī fèi) — lawyer's fee; attorney's fee

Definition

noun
lawyer's feeattorney's fee

Examples

  • 律师费。
    Zhè ge àn zi de lǜ shī fèi tài gāo le.
    The lawyer's fee for this case is too high.
  • 律师费。
    Tā yù zhī le sān gè yuè de lǜ shī fèi.
    He paid three months' lawyer's fee in advance.
  • 律师费。
    lǜ shī fèi Bāo kuò zī xún hé chū tíng liǎng bù fen.
    The lawyer's fee includes two parts: consultation and court appearance.

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.

律师lawyer
律lǜlaw师shīpractitioner
偏正Modifier + head
费fèifee

「律」 means law and 「师」 means practitioner; together with 「费」 (fee), it gives a lawyer's fee.

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
彳彳chì
Sound part声符shēngfú
聿
聿yù律lǜ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

律 puts 彳 beside 聿: 彳 is the part tied to the meaning, and 聿 is the part tied to the sound.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 師; 师 is its simplified writing.

  • 𠂤𠂤𠂤
  • 帀帀zā

The traditional form 師 combines 𠂤 and 帀; the simplified 师 is not the form explained here.

Open 师 →

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 費; 费 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèicowry
Sound part声符shēngfú
弗
弗fú費fèi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 費 has 貝, a cowry shell, and 弗, which gives a sound; the simplified 费 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the original pieces.

Open 费 →
Appears in
Law & Justice

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