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军火商 (jūn huǒ shāng) — arms dealer

Definition

noun
arms dealer
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 军火商。
    Nà ge jūn huǒ shāng bèi jǐng fāng dài bǔ le.
    That arms dealer was arrested by the police.
  • 军火商，。
    Tā shì yì míng guó jì jūn huǒ shāng, jīng cháng zài duō gè guó jiā huó dòng.
    He is an international arms dealer who often operates in multiple countries.
  • 军火商。
    Jǐng fāng pò huò le yí gè fēi fǎ jūn huǒ shāng wǎng luò.
    The police uncovered an illegal arms dealer network.

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.

军火arms
军jūnmilitary火huǒfire
偏正Modifier + head
商shāngdealer

军火 names weapons and 商 names dealer, so it means an arms dealer.

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.

火 is a simple drawing of a fire, with flames shown rising upward.

Open 火 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 商 →
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