飞抵 (fēi dǐ) — to fly to, to arrive by (air) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to fly toto arrive by (air)

Examples

飞抵。
Háng bān yǐ jīng ān quán fēi dǐ běi jīng shǒu dū guó jì jī chǎng.
The flight has safely arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport.
飞抵。
Dài biǎo tuán jiāng yú xià zhōu yī fēi dǐ shàng hǎi jìn xíng zhèng shì fǎng wèn.
The delegation will fly to Shanghai next Monday for an official visit.
飞抵。
Zǒng tǒng zhuān jī yǐ yú zuó wǎn fēi dǐ mù dì dì.
The presidential plane arrived at the destination last night.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

抵dǐarrive

飞 names flying and 抵 names arriving, so the sense is to arrive by flying.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 飛; 飞 is its simplified writing.

For 飞, the traditional form 飛 pictures a bird flying upwards.

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

手手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

氐

氐dī抵

Same sound today

抵 pairs 手 (hand) with 氐, which gives its sound.

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