新生力量 (xīn shēng lì liáng) — newly emerging force; rising power

Definition

A set phrase meaning a fresh group of people or energy driving change — literally 'newly born force.' Used for rising generations, new talent, or emerging social/economic powers (e.g., the rising force in tech).

noun
newly emerging forcerising power

Examples

  • 新生力量。
    Zhè xiē nián qīng rén shì gōng sī de xīn shēng lì liáng.
    These young people are the company's rising force.
  • 新生力量。
    Tǐ yù jiè xū yào bú duàn zhù rù xīn shēng lì liáng.
    The sports world needs a constant infusion of new blood.
  • 新生力量。
    xīn shēng lì liáng De jué qǐ gǎi biàn le háng yè gé jú.
    The rise of new forces has changed the industry landscape.

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.

新生newly emerging
新xīnnew生shēngbirth
偏正Modifier + head
力量force
力lìstrength量liángcapacity
联合Side by side

新 and 生 give 'newly born', and 力 and 量 give 'power', so the name is a rising force.

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.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
斤斤jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
辛
辛xīn新xīn
Same sound today

The shape originally paired 斤, for chopping wood, with 辛 for sound. It was borrowed for its sound to write 新, so the chopping-wood parts are unrelated to 'new'.

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

生 shows 屮 (a bud) above 一 (the ground), drawing a sprout coming up from the earth.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

力 is drawn as either an arm bending out from the side of the body or a wooden plough.

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

  • 日日rìsun
  • 東東dōngbag; east

量 has 日 (sun) over 東 (bag; east). Some explanations suggest measuring under the sun or the sun rising in the east, but the exact origin is unclear.

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