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军力 (jūn lì) — military strength

Definition

noun
military strength

Examples

  • 军力。
    Zhè ge guó jiā de jūn lì fēi cháng qiáng dà.
    This country's military strength is very powerful.
  • 军力。
    Zēng qiáng jūn lì shì guó jiā ān quán de zhòng yào bǎo zhàng.
    Strengthening military strength is an important guarantee of national security.
  • ，军力。
    Lì shǐ shàng, jūn lì de qiáng ruò jué dìng le yí gè guó jiā de mìng yùn.
    In history, the strength of military strength determined a country's fate.

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.

军jūnarmy
力lìstrength

军 is army and 力 is strength, giving military strength.

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 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.

Open 军 →

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

力 is drawn as either an arm bending out from the side of the body or a wooden plough.

Open 力 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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