人生路 (rén shēng lù) — the road of life; life's journey | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

the road of lifelife's journey

Measure word · 条

Examples

人生路。
Měi gè rén de rén shēng lù dōu bù yí yàng.
Everyone's life path is different.
人生路。
rén shēng lù Shang nán miǎn yǒu kǎn kě.
On the road of life, bumps are unavoidable.
人生路，。
Tā de rén shēng lù suī rán jiān nán, dàn tā cóng wèi fàng qì.
Although her life's journey was difficult, she never gave up.

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.

人生

人rénhuman生shēnglife

偏正Modifier + head

“人生” denotes human life, and “路” pictures it as a road.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

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

屮屮chèbud
一一yīground

生 shows 屮 (a bud) above 一 (the ground), drawing a sprout coming up from the earth.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

各

各gè路lù

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

路 combines 足, a foot, with 各, which supplies the sound.

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