高射 (gāo shè) — anti-aircraft (fire), high-angle shooting

Definition

高射 (gāoshè) is an attributive adjective meaning 'anti-aircraft' — used only as a modifier before nouns like 炮 or 武器, not as a standalone predicate.

adjective
anti-aircraft (fire)high-angle shooting

Examples

  • 。
    Nà zhī bù duì zhuāng bèi le xīn xíng gāo shè pào.
    That unit is equipped with new anti-aircraft guns.
  • 高射。
    gāo shè Jī qiāng duì dī kōng mù biāo yǒu hěn hǎo de xiào guǒ.
    Anti-aircraft machine guns are very effective against low-flying targets.
  • 高射。
    Shì bīng men yòng gāo shè wǔ qì jìn xíng shí dàn yǎn liàn.
    The soldiers conducted live-fire drills with anti-aircraft weapons.

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.

高gāohigh
射shèshoot

高 suggests high and 射 suggests shooting, yielding high-angle fire.

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

高 was drawn as a tall building.

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

In 射, the left part comes from 弓 (bow) and 矢 (arrow), and the right part comes from a hand drawing the bowstring.

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