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德军 (dé jūn) — the German army

Definition

noun
the German army
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • ，德军。
    Èr zhàn qī jiān, dé jūn zài ōu zhōu zhàn chǎng shàng shí fēn qiáng dà.
    During World War II, the German army was very powerful on the European battlefield.
  • 德军。
    Lì shǐ shū shàng xiáng xì jiè shào le dé jūn de zhàn shù tè diǎn.
    History books detail the tactical characteristics of the German army.
  • 德军。
    Nà zuò bó wù guǎn lǐ shōu cáng le xǔ duō dé jūn de zhuāng bèi.
    That museum houses a collection of German army equipment.

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.

德déGerman
军jūnarmy

德 points to Germany and 军 to the army.

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chìroad
Sound part声符shēngfú
惪
惪dé德dé
Same sound today

德 combines 彳, a road, with 惪, a component meaning virtue that also supplies 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 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

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Appears in
Military & Defense

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