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饱受 (bǎo shòu) — to suffer (a lot of); to endure (much hardship)

Definition

饱受 (bǎoshòu) means 'to suffer / endure a great deal of' and takes hardship, pain, or hardship-like nouns as its object. Its 饱 (full) emphasizes prolonged, heavy exposure, stronger than plain 忍受.

verb
to suffer (a lot of)to endure (much hardship)

Examples

  • 饱受。
    Tā bǎo shòu zhàn zhēng de tòng kǔ.
    He suffered the pain of war.
  • 饱受。
    Zhè ge dì qū bǎo shòu gān hàn zhī kǔ.
    This region has suffered from drought.
  • 饱受。
    Tā bǎo shòu jí bìng de zhé mó.
    She suffered the torment of illness.

Origin

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.

饱bǎofully
受shòuendure

饱 fully and 受 endure combine for enduring fully.

Characters in this word

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 飽; 饱 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
食食shífood
Sound part声符shēngfú
包
包bāo飽bǎo
Same sound today

The traditional form 飽 uses 食 to mark food/eating and 包 for the sound.

Open 饱 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

受 possibly combines 爪 and 又 as hands with 舟 as a boat, to show handing something over.

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