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非议 (fēi yì) — to reproach, to censure

Definition

非议 (fēi yì) means to publicly criticize or condemn, stronger and more formal than the everyday 'reproach/censure' sense — often used in written contexts about policies, actions, or public figures.

verb
to reproachto censure

Examples

  • 非议。
    Tā de xíng wéi yǐn qǐ le dà jiā de fēi yì.
    His behavior provoked everyone's reproach.
  • 非议。
    Zhè ge rén zǒng shì ài fēi yì bié rén.
    This person always likes to reproach others.
  • ，非议。
    Zài huì shàng, tā gōng kāi fēi yì le zhè xiàng zhèng cè.
    At the meeting, he publicly censured this policy.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

非fēiblame
议yìcomment

“非” here means “blame,” and “议” means “discuss or comment,” so the two actions combine into “censure.”

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 非 is drawn from two wings facing opposite directions. It later came to be used for going against or not being.

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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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 議; 议 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yántalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
義
義yì議⁰yì
Same sound today

The traditional form 議 pairs 言 (talk) with 義 as a sound component; the simplified 议 is a later shorthand.

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