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抚恤 (fǔ xù) — to provide consolation payments to (the family of someone killed or injured in service or disaster)

Definition

抚恤 (fǔxù) is a formal verb: the institution pays money to the family of someone killed or injured in the line of duty or in a disaster — a duty-based compensation, not charity.

verb
to provide consolation payments to (the family of someone killed or injured in service or disaster)

Examples

  • 抚恤。
    Zhèng fǔ měi nián dōu huì fǔ xù liè shì de jiā shǔ.
    The government provides consolation payments to the families of martyrs every year.
  • 抚恤。
    Gōng sī yīng dāng fǔ xù yīn gōng xùn zhí yuán gōng de qīn shǔ.
    The company should compensate the relatives of employees who died in the line of duty.
  • 抚恤。
    Zhè cì shì gù de yù nàn zhě jiā shǔ dé dào le fǔ xù.
    The families of the victims in this accident received consolation payments.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

抚fǔcomfort
恤xùrelieve

'抚' (comfort) and '恤' (relieve) together mean to comfort and provide relief.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 撫; 抚 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
手手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
無
無wú撫fǔ
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 撫 pairs 手 (hand) with 無 for the sound; the simplified 抚 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
忄Written in full as心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
血
血xuè恤xù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

恤 has 忄, the heart, on the left, and 血 on the right, which gives the sound.

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