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飞跃 (fēi yuè) — to leap; to soar (also used figuratively for rapid progress)

Definition

飞跃 pairs literal soaring (birds, height) with figurative rapid progress. Heavier and more literary than 跳跃 ('jump, leap') and 飞翔 ('soar, fly').

verb
to leapto soar (also used figuratively for rapid progress)

Examples

  • 飞跃，。
    Jīng jì fēi yuè fā zhǎn, rén mín shēng huó shuǐ píng bú duàn tí gāo.
    The economy leaps forward, and people's living standards keep improving.
  • 飞跃，。
    Niǎo r fēi yuè guò gāo shān, fēi xiàng yuǎn fāng.
    The bird soars over the high mountains and flies into the distance.
  • 飞跃。
    Tā de sī xiǎng zài xīn shí dài shí xiàn le fēi yuè.
    His thinking has achieved a leap in the new era.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

飞fēifly
跃yuèleap

飞 and 跃 both describe movement through the air, together meaning leap or soar.

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.

Open 飞 →

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 躍; 跃 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
足足zúfoot
Sound part声符shēngfú
翟
翟zhái躍yuè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 躍 pairs 足 (foot) with 翟, which gives the pronunciation; the simplified 跃 is a later abbreviation, so its parts are not the original components.

Open 跃 →
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