战利品 (zhàn lì pǐn) — spoils of war; war booty; captured goods | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

spoils of warwar bootycaptured goods

Measure word · 件

Examples

战利品。
Shì bīng men bǎ zhàn lì pǐn dài huí le yíng dì.
The soldiers brought the spoils of war back to camp.
战利品。
Zhè xiē zhàn lì pǐn bèi chén liè zài bó wù guǎn lǐ.
These war trophies are displayed in the museum.
战利品。
Tā shōu cáng le xǔ duō gǔ dài zhàn lì pǐn.
He has collected many ancient spoils of war.

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.

战利war spoils

战zhànwar利lìgain

偏正Modifier + head

战 is war, 利 is gain, 品 is goods; war gains as goods are spoils.

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.

占戈战

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

占

占zhàn战zhàn

Same sound today

战 pairs 占, which gives its sound, with 戈, a weapon.

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

禾禾hégrain
刀刀dāoknife

利 combines 禾 (grain) and 刀 (knife), showing a knife used to cut grain.

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

品 repeats the same simple shape three times, representing various objects.

Appears in

Military & Defense

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