阵线 (zhèn xiàn) — military battle line, front; coalition, alignme…

Definition

A 'front' in the sense of a military line or a political/social coalition — 比 “前线” 更强调阵营与结盟，多用于政治语境。

noun

military battle linefrontcoalitionalignment (political/social front)

Measure word · 条

阵线。
Shì bīng men zài zuì qián fāng jiān shǒu zhèn xiàn.
The soldiers held the front line at the very front.
阵线。
Jiàn lì guǎng fàn de tǒng yī zhèn xiàn shì qǔ dé shèng lì de guān jiàn.
Forming a broad united front is key to achieving victory.
阵线。
Zhè liǎng gè dǎng jié chéng le gòng tóng zhèn xiàn.
These two parties have formed a common front.

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zhènbattle formation

阵 denotes a battle formation, and 线 denotes a line; together they mean a battle line.

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.

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.

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 線; 线 is its simplified writing.

糹泉線

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糹Written in full as糸mì

Sound part声符shēngfú

泉

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 線 uses 糹 (silk/thread) to show the meaning and 泉 to suggest the sound; the simplified 线 is a later shorthand.

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