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元帅 (yuán shuài) — marshal; supreme commander

Definition

noun
marshalsupreme commander
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 元帅。
    Zhè wèi yuán shuài zhǐ huī le duō cì zhòng yào zhàn dòu.
    This marshal commanded many important battles.
  • 元帅。
    Tā zài lì shǐ shàng shì yí wèi zhù míng de yuán shuài.
    He was a famous marshal in history.
  • ，元帅。
    Nà chǎng zhàn zhēng zhōng, yuán shuài dài lǐng zhàn shì men qǔ dé le shèng lì.
    In that war, the marshal led the soldiers to victory.

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.

元yuánchief
帅shuàicommander

元 marks chief, and 帅 denotes a commander.

Characters in this word

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

The shape 元 shows a figure with two lines for a head, one connected to the body and one above it, emphasizing the head.

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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 帥; 帅 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 帥 shows 寻 (two hands) with 巾 (scarf), showing a scarf being worn. The simplified 帅 is a later shorthand and its parts are not the historical components.

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Appears in
Military & Defense

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