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殊荣 (shū róng) — special honor; unusual glory

Definition

殊荣 means 'a rare, special honor' — something awarded to only a very few people, stronger than ordinary 荣誉. Common in formal writing, award ceremonies, and obituaries.

noun
special honorunusual glory

Examples

  • 殊荣。
    Huò dé zhè xiàng dà jiǎng shì mò dà de shū róng.
    Winning this grand award is a tremendous special honor.
  • ，殊荣。
    Tā bèi shòu yǔ le zhōng shēn chéng jiù jiǎng, zhè shì jí gāo de shū róng.
    He was awarded a lifetime achievement award — that is an extremely high honor.
  • 殊荣。
    Zhǐ yǒu zuì yōu xiù de yùn dòng yuán cái néng xiǎng shòu zhè fèn shū róng.
    Only the most outstanding athletes can enjoy this special honor.

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.

殊shūspecial/unusual
荣róngglory

殊 special/unusual and 荣 glory together mean an unusual honor.

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
歺Written in full as歹dǎi
Sound part声符shēngfú
朱
朱zhū殊shū
Same sound today

The left part of 殊 is 歹, the meaning part; the right part is 朱, the sound part.

Open 殊 →

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 榮; 荣 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
熒
熒yíng榮róng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 榮 pairs 木, a tree/wood part, with 熒 (yíng) as the part that gives the sound; the simplified 荣 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

Open 荣 →
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