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阵容 (zhèn róng) — lineup (of a sports team, cast, etc.); battle formation; troop arrangement (military)

Definition

阵容 means the lineup of people fielded for a task — a sports team, a movie cast, or a military battle formation. Compare 队形 (the physical shape/arrangement people stand in) and 队伍 (the group/queue itself, often a marching unit).

noun
lineup (of a sports team, cast, etc.)battle formationtroop arrangement (military)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 阵容，。
    Zhè cì bǐ sài de zhèn róng fēi cháng qiáng dà, shuāng fāng dōu pài chū le zuì qiáng xuǎn shǒu.
    The lineup for this match is very strong; both sides have sent their strongest players.
  • 阵容，。
    Zhè bù diàn yǐng de zhèn róng hěn háo huá, yǒu hěn duō zhù míng yǎn yuán.
    The cast of this movie is very star-studded, with many famous actors.
  • ，阵容。
    Gǔ dài zhàn zhēng zhōng, zhèn róng de biàn huà zhí jiē yǐng xiǎng shèng fù.
    In ancient warfare, changes in battle formation directly affected victory or defeat.

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.

阵zhènformation
容róngappearance

阵 for formation and 容 for appearance together name a lineup.

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 陣; 阵 is its simplified writing.

  • 東東dōngsack?
  • 東東dōng
  • 攴攴pū

In the traditional form 陣, a left-side part was added to a shortened 東; the older shape also used 攴. The simplified 阵 is a later shorthand.

Open 阵 →

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
宀宀mián
Sound part声符shēngfú
公
公gōng容róng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 容, the 宀 (roof) part points to holding or containing, and 公 gives the sound.

Open 容 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9HSK 2.0 Level 6Military & DefenseSports & Athletics

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