有机肥料 (yǒu jī féi liào) — organic fertilizer

Definition

idiom

organic fertilizer

Examples

有机肥料。
Zhè zhǒng yǒu jī féi liào bǐ huà xué féi liào gèng huán bǎo.
This kind of organic fertilizer is more environmentally friendly than chemical fertilizers.
有机肥料。
Nóng mín yòng yǒu jī féi liào lái gǎi shàn tǔ rǎng zhì liàng.
Farmers use organic fertilizer to improve soil quality.
有机肥料。
Shǐ yòng yǒu jī féi liào kě yǐ zēng jiā nóng zuò wù de chǎn liàng.
Using organic fertilizer can increase crop yields.

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.

有机organic

有yǒuhave机jīlife

动宾Verb + object

肥料fertilizer

肥féifertilizer料liàomaterial

偏正Modifier + head

有机 “organic” and 肥料 “fertilizer” combine to mean organic fertilizer.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

肉肉ròumeat

Sound part声符shēngfú

又

又yòu有yǒu

Same sound today

The form 有 combines 又, used for its sound, with a shape from 肉, 'meat'; the hand-holding-meat story is a folk explanation, not shown in the oldest shape.

Open 有 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

木几机

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree; wood

Sound part声符shēngfú

几

几jǐ机jī

Same sound today

The left part is 木 (tree; wood), and the right part 几 gives the sound.

Open 机 →

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