膺 (yīng) — (bound form) to bear, to receive (e.g., 膺命, 膺选); (bound form) to attack, to strike (e.g., 膺惩)
Definition
膺 (yīng) is a literary bound form meaning 'to bear/receive' (as in 膺命 'receive a mandate') or 'to strike/punish' (as in 膺惩 'to chastise'). It only appears inside set compounds, never alone, and reads as formal-written Chinese.
bound form
(bound form) to bearto receive (e.g., 膺命, 膺选)(bound form) to attackto strike (e.g., 膺惩)
Examples
- 膺。Tā zài xuǎn jǔ zhōng yīng xuǎn wèi huì zhǎng.He was elected as president in the election.
- 膺。Tā yīng mìng qián wǎng zāi qū.He received orders to go to the disaster area.
- 膺。Zhèng fǔ jué dìng yīng chéng nà xiē fàn zuì fèn zǐ.The government decided to punish those criminals.
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