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记仇 (jì chóu) — to bear a grudge, to hold resentment (against someone)

Definition

记仇 means to keep resentment alive in your heart and stay hostile toward the person who wronged you — more about a lasting personal grudge than 抱怨 ('complain'). A separable verb: 记他的仇, 别记仇了.

verb
to bear a grudgeto hold resentment (against someone)

Examples

  • 记仇。
    Tā zhè ge rén cóng lái bú jì chóu.
    He never bears a grudge.
  • ，。
    Nǐ bié jì tā de chóu, tā bú shì gù yì de.
    Don't hold a grudge against him; he didn't mean it.
  • ，记仇。
    Guò qù de shì jiù ràng tā guò qù ba, bié jì chóu le.
    Let bygones be bygones; don't bear a grudge.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

记jìremember
仇chóugrudge

记 means remember, and 仇 means grudge, so it means holding a grudge.

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 記; 记 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech; words
Sound part声符shēngfú
己
己jǐ記jì
Same sound today

The traditional form 記 pairs 言 (speech; words) with 己 as a sound part; the simplified 记 is a later shorthand, so its right side is not the historical component.

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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
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
九
九jiǔ仇⁰qiú
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

仇 has 亻, a person, and 九, which gives the sound.

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