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统一战线 (tǒng yī zhàn xiàn) — united front (political alliance strategy, especially under CCP leadership)

Definition

A political term for a broad 'united front' — a multi-party or multi-group alliance, most often in the CCP context of rallying allies toward a shared goal.

noun
united front (political alliance strategy, especially under CCP leadership)

Examples

  • 统一战线。
    Jiān chí tǒng yī zhàn xiàn shì dǎng qǔ dé shèng lì de zhòng yào fǎ bǎo.
    Adhering to the united front is an important magic weapon for the Party's victory.
  • 统一战线。
    Xīn shí dài yào gǒng gù hé fā zhǎn zuì guǎng fàn de tǒng yī zhàn xiàn.
    In the new era, we must consolidate and develop the broadest united front.
  • 统一战线。
    Tā men tōng guò tǒng yī zhàn xiàn gōng zuò tuán jié le gè jiè rén shì.
    They united people from all walks of life through united front work.

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.

统一unified
统tǒngunite/whole一yīone
联合Coordinate
战线battle line
战zhànbattle线xiànline
偏正Modifier + head

统一 (unified) and 战线 (battle line) together suggest a front line joined into one.

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 統; 统 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
充
充chōng統tǒng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 統 uses 糸 as a meaning part and 充 as a sound part; the simplified 统 is a later shorthand, so this story is about 統, not about 统's parts.

Open 统 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Open 一 →

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
戈戈gē
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn战zhàn
Same sound today

战 pairs 占, which gives its sound, with 戈, a weapon.

Open 战 →

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 線; 线 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糹Written in full as糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
泉
泉quán線xiàn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 線 uses 糹 (silk/thread) to show the meaning and 泉 to suggest the sound; the simplified 线 is a later shorthand.

Open 线 →
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