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阵营 (zhèn yíng) — camp, faction, side (in a dispute or competition)

Definition

阵营 refers to opposing camps or factions in a dispute or competition, framing the groups as rivals. Stronger than 派别 (a neutral school of thought); more adversarial than 党 (a political party).

noun
campfactionside (in a dispute or competition)

Examples

  • 阵营。
    Liǎng gè zhèn yíng zài xuǎn jǔ zhōng zhǎn kāi le jī liè jìng zhēng.
    The two camps engaged in fierce competition during the election.
  • 阵营，。
    Tā jué dìng jiā rù huán bǎo zhèn yíng, wèi bǎo hù huán jìng chū lì.
    He decided to join the environmental camp to contribute to protecting the environment.
  • 阵营。
    Zhè ge zhèn yíng de chéng yuán lái zì bù tóng háng yè.
    The members of this faction come from different industries.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

阵zhènformation
营yíngcamp

阵 for formation and 营 for camp together name a faction.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 營; 营 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
宮宮gōngpalace
Sound part声符shēngfú
熒
熒yíng營yíng
Same sound today

The traditional form 營 pairs 宮 (palace) with 熒 as a sound part, depicting a person working all night with a light on his house; the simplified 营 is a later abbreviation.

Open 营 →
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