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乐天派 (lè tiān pài) — optimist; happy-go-lucky person

Definition

A casual label for someone who stays cheerful and easygoing no matter what happens — "an optimist" or "happy-go-lucky person."

noun
optimisthappy-go-lucky person
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 乐天派，。
    Tā zhēn shì gè lè tiān pài, yù dào shén me shì dōu xiào xī xī de.
    He's a real optimist — smiling no matter what happens.
  • 乐天派，。
    Wǒ zhè ge péng you shì gè lè tiān pài, cóng bù wéi xiǎo shì fán nǎo.
    This friend of mine is a happy-go-lucky person, never worried about little things.
  • 乐天派。
    Dà jiā dōu xiǎng chéng wéi tā nà yàng de lè tiān pài.
    Everyone wants to become an optimist like him.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

乐天optimistic
乐lètake pleasure in天tiānheaven
动宾Verb + object
派pàifaction/school

“乐天” points to optimism, and “派” to a faction or school, together an optimist.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樂; 乐 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 樂, 絲 (string) with 木 (wood) shows strings on a piece of wood, a musical instrument; the simplified 乐 is a later shorthand.

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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
大大dà
Sound part声符shēngfú
丁
丁dīng天tiān
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape comes from a frontal standing man 大 with a head; 天 pairs 大 with 丁 for sound.

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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
水水shuǐwater; river
Sound part声符shēngfú
𠂢
𠂢𠂢派pài
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

派 is built from 水 (water/river) and 𠂢. 𠂢 gives the sound, and 水 was added later to tell the character apart from the older form.

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