暴行 (bào xíng) — atrocity; savage act; outrage

Definition

noun

atrocitysavage actoutrage

Measure word · 种

暴行。
Wǒ men yào jì zhù nà xiē bào xíng de shòu hài zhě.
We must remember the victims of those atrocities.
暴行。
Zhè chǎng zhàn zhēng chōng mǎn le bào xíng.
This war was full of atrocities.
暴行。
Guó jì shè huì qiáng liè qiǎn zé zhè xiē bào xíng.
The international community strongly condemns these atrocities.

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.

暴, violent, and 行, an act, combine to mean a savage deed.

Characters in this word

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

The earliest form paired 虎 and 戈, a tiger and a weapon. The later 暴 came from a picture of hands drying something in the sun.

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

彳亍行

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.

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