侵略军 (qīn lüè jūn) — invading army

Definition

noun
invading army
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • 侵略军。
    Nà zhī qīn lüè jūn zài zhàn zhēng zhōng bèi chè dǐ dǎ bài le.
    That invading army was completely defeated in the war.
  • 侵略军。
    Dāng dì rén mín jiān jué dǐ kàng qīn lüè jūn de qīn lüè.
    The local people resolutely resisted the invasion of the invading army.
  • 侵略军。
    qīn lüè jūn Zài jǐ gè yuè nèi zhàn lǐng le duō zuò chéng shì.
    The invading army occupied many cities within a few months.

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.

侵略invade
侵qīninvade略lüèseize
联合Side by side
军jūnarmy

“侵略” means invading, from “侵” invade and “略” seize, and “军” means army; together they name an invading army.

Characters in this word

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

侵 combines 人 (person), 帚 (broom), and 又 (hand) into the image of a person with a broom in hand.

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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
田田tiánfield
Sound part声符shēngfú
各
各gè略lüè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

略 combines 田 (field) with 各 for sound; the described idea is walking around a field to outline it.

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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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