闪避 (shǎn bì) — to dodge, to evade | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to dodgeto evade

闪避。
Tā xùn sù shǎn bì le nà liàng chē.
He quickly dodged that car.
闪避。
Tā qiǎo miào dì shǎn bì le nà ge nán tí.
She cleverly evaded that difficult question.
，闪避。
Zài dǎ jià shí, tā shǎn bì le měi yí cì gōng jī.
During the fight, he dodged every attack.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

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

闪 means dodge and 避 means avoid, so the two actions combine into evading quickly.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 閃; 闪 is its simplified writing.

門人閃

In the traditional 閃, 人 (person) appears inside 門 (gate), showing a person running through a gate. The simplified 闪 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

辶辟避

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辶Written in full as辵chuòto walk

Sound part声符shēngfú

辟

Same sound today

避 is built from 辶, a walking-related form, plus 辟, which gives the pronunciation.