远投 (yuǎn tóu) — (sports, esp. basketball) long-range shot, three-point shot; (finance, business) long-distance investment, overseas investment

Definition

远投 (yuǎn tóu) literally 'throw from far' is used in basketball for a long-range/three-point shot, and in business for long-distance or overseas investment — the same 'long throw' image in sports and finance.

verb
(sports, esp. basketball) long-range shotthree-point shot(finance, business) long-distance investmentoverseas investment

Examples

  • 远投，。
    Tā yuǎn tóu fēi cháng zhǔn, jīng cháng tóu jìn sān fēn qiú.
    He is very accurate with long-range shots, often hitting three-pointers.
  • 远投，。
    Gōng sī jì huà yuǎn tóu hǎi wài, kāi tuò xīn shì chǎng.
    The company plans to invest overseas to open up new markets.
  • 远投。
    Zuì hòu yì miǎo zhōng de yuǎn tóu bāng qiú duì yíng le bǐ sài.
    The last-second long-range shot helped the team win the game.

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.

远yuǎnfar
投tóuthrow/invest

远投 combines 远 far with 投 throw/invest to mean a long-range shot or investment.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
元
元yuán远yuǎn
Same sound today

远 combines 辶, meaning walk, with 元, used for its sound.

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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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
殳
殳shū投tóu
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 扌 shows a hand, and the right part 殳 gives the sound of the character.

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