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日报社 (rì bào shè) — daily newspaper office; newspaper publishing house

Definition

noun
daily newspaper officenewspaper publishing house
Measure word · 家

Examples

  • 日报社。
    Tā zài zhè jiā rì bào shè gōng zuò.
    He works at this daily newspaper office.
  • 日报社。
    rì bào shè De jì zhě zhèng zài cǎi fǎng.
    The reporters from the daily newspaper office are conducting an interview.
  • 日报社。
    Zhè jiā rì bào shè yǐ jīng chéng lì le yì bǎi nián.
    This daily newspaper office has been established for one hundred years.

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.

日报daily newspaper
日rìday报bàonewspaper
偏正Modifier + head
社shèoffice

日报 daily newspaper and 社 office combine to mean a newspaper office.

Characters in this word

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

日 originally drew the sun. A mark was added inside to tell it apart from similar square shapes.

Open 日 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 報; 报 is its simplified writing.

  • 㚔㚔㚔handcuffs
  • 𠬝𠬝𠬝to subdue

The traditional form 報 puts 㚔 (handcuffs) beside 𠬝 (to subdue), showing someone restrained and subdued, as in convicting or punishing a guilty person. The simplified 报 is a later shorthand.

Open 报 →

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

社 joins 示 (god; deity) and 土 (soil), so its shape is about the god of the land.

Open 社 →
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