生活会 (shēng huó huì) — (CPC) regular meeting for party members' collective study and self-criticism

Definition

生活会 is a Communist Party of China term for the regular internal meeting where Party members do collective study and self-criticism. The term is institutional and political, not used for ordinary meetings.

noun
(CPC) regular meeting for party members' collective study and self-criticism
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 生活会。
    Tā men měi zhōu wǔ xià wǔ dōu kāi shēng huó huì.
    They have their life meeting every Friday afternoon.
  • 生活会。
    Zhè cì shēng huó huì de zhǔ yào yì tí shì xué xí xīn wén jiàn.
    The main topic of this life meeting is to study the new document.
  • 生活会，。
    Zài shēng huó huì shàng, dà jiā hù xiāng tí chū le yì jiàn.
    At the life meeting, everyone offered opinions to each other.

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.

生活life
生shēnglife活huólive
联合Side by side
会huìmeeting

生活会 joins '生活' (life) with '会' (meeting), naming a meeting about members' life.

Characters in this word

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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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
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
𠯑
𠯑𠯑活huó
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

活 is built from 氵 (water) and 𠯑, which shows the sound; 𠯑 later changed into 舌.

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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 會; 会 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
合合héto meet
Sound part声符shēngfú
𡆧
𡆧𡆧會huì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

Traditional 會 pairs 合 (to meet) with 𡆧, an original form for ironware, to give the sound. The simplified 会 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original parts.

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