驻军 (zhù jūn) — (verb-object) to station troops; (noun) garrison (the stationed troops)

Definition

驻军 is a verb-object word: as a verb it means 'to station troops,' as a noun it means 'the stationed troops (the garrison).' The verb-object split (驻过军, 在这里驻军) is natural; you cannot insert other elements between the two characters.

verb
(verb-object) to station troops
noun
garrison (the stationed troops)
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • 。
    Zhè ge guó jiā céng jīng zài zhè ge dì qū zhù guò jūn.
    This country once stationed troops in this region.
  • 驻军。
    Biān jìng de zhù jūn yǐ jīng lí kāi le.
    The garrison at the border has left.
  • 驻军。
    Zhèng fǔ jué dìng zài zhè lǐ zhù jūn.
    The government decided to station troops here.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

驻zhùstation
军jūntroops

驻 means station and 军 means troops, so it means to station troops or the troops stationed.

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 駐; 驻 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
馬馬mǎhorse
Sound part声符shēngfú
主
主zhǔ駐zhù
Same sound today

The traditional form 駐 uses 馬, a horse, for the meaning and 主 to give the sound; the simplified 驻 is a shorthand.

Open 驻 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

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