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离境 (lí jìng) — to leave a country, to depart from a country (especially through customs/immigration)

Definition

离境 means to leave a country, especially through customs/immigration controls. As a formal/书面 term, it pairs naturally with 入境 ('enter a country') and describes the act of officially departing across a border.

verb
to leave a countryto depart from a country (especially through customs/immigration)

Examples

  • 离境。
    Tā míng tiān jiù yào lí jìng le.
    He will leave the country tomorrow.
  • 。
    Tā qù nián lí guò yí cì jìng.
    He left the country once last year.
  • 。
    Lí le jìng zhī hòu tā cái fā xiàn hù zhào diū le.
    After leaving the country, he realized his passport was missing.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

离líleave
境jìngterritory

离 means leave and 境 means territory; together they mean leaving a country's territory.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 離; 离 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
隹隹zhuībird
Sound part声符shēngfú
离
离lí離lí
Same sound today

The traditional form 離 pairs 隹, a bird, with the sound part 离; the simplified 离 is a shorthand. This form first wrote a black-naped oriole, and the sound was borrowed for 'leave'.

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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
土土tǔearth
Sound part声符shēngfú
竟
竟jìng境jìng
Same sound today

境 pairs 土 (earth) with 竟, which gives the sound; the 土 part carries the meaning.

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