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全局 (quán jú) — overall situation; the big picture

Definition

全局 means 'the overall situation / the big picture,' focusing on the whole of a specific situation (a problem, a company's state). It is closer in scope to 大局 than to 全球 ('the whole world').

noun
overall situationthe big picture

Examples

  • 全局。
    Kǎo lǜ wèn tí yào cóng quán jú chū fā.
    When considering a problem, you must start from the overall situation.
  • 全局。
    Zhè ge jué dìng huì yǐng xiǎng gōng sī quán jú.
    This decision will affect the company's overall situation.
  • 全局，。
    Tā quē fá quán jú guān niàn, zhī guān zhù xì jié.
    He lacks a sense of the big picture and only focuses on details.

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.

全quánwhole
局júsituation

全 'whole' and 局 'situation' combine to mean the overall situation.

Characters in this word

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

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

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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
尸尸shī
Sound part声符shēngfú
句
句jù局jú
Same sound today

The shape of 局 pairs 尸, a meaning part, with 句, a sound part.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9HSK 2.0 Level 6Abstract Concepts

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