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订立 (dìng lì) — to conclude (a treaty, contract, agreement); to establish (a rule, regulation, system)

Definition

Formal verb meaning to formally conclude or establish (a treaty, contract, rule, agreement). Close to 签订 (sign), but 订立 focuses on the act of concluding/setting it up, while 签订 emphasizes the signing itself.

verb
to conclude (a treaty, contract, agreement)to establish (a rule, regulation, system)

Examples

  • 订立。
    Shuāng fāng dìng lì le yí xiàng mào yì xié yì.
    Both parties concluded a trade agreement.
  • 订立。
    Gōng sī xīn dìng lì le yuán gōng shǒu zé.
    The company newly established an employee code of conduct.
  • 订立。
    Liǎng guó dìng lì le hé píng tiáo yuē.
    The two countries concluded a peace treaty.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

订dìngconclude
立lìestablish

订 (conclude) and 立 (establish) together mean to conclude and set up.

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 訂; 订 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng訂dìng
Same sound today

The traditional form 訂 combines 言, related to speech, with 丁, which gives the sound; the simplified 订 is a later shorthand.

Open 订 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

立 pictures a person standing on the ground.

Open 立 →
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