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得奖 (dé jiǎng) — to win a prize, to receive an award

Definition

得奖 literally means 'get/receive an award' — a versatile verb phrase for winning prizes, awards, or honors in competitions, films, etc.

verb
to win a prizeto receive an award

Examples

  • 得奖。
    Tā zài zhè cì bǐ sài zhōng dé jiǎng le.
    He won a prize in this competition.
  • 。
    Tā qù nián dé le yí gè guó jì dà jiǎng.
    She won an international grand prize last year.
  • 。
    Zhè bù diàn yǐng dé le zuì jiā yǐng piàn jiǎng.
    This film won the Best Picture award.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

得déobtain
奖jiǎngprize

得 means obtain, and 奖 is the prize obtained.

Characters in this word

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

The old form 㝵 showed a hand picking up a cowry, meaning to obtain; later changes turned that picture into 得.

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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 獎; 奖 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犬犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
將
將jiāng獎jiǎng
Same sound today

The traditional form 獎 pairs 將 as a sound part with 犬, a dog; the simplified 奖 is a later shorthand. The evidence says the dog part's meaning is unclear, perhaps referring to guiding a dog by voice.

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