出炉 (chū lú) — to come out of a kiln or oven (literally); (fig…

Definition

Literally 'come out of the oven/furnace' — used figuratively for products, reports, or policies that have just been officially released or unveiled.

verb

to come out of a kiln or oven (literally)(figurative) to be releasedto be unveiled (of new products, reports, etc.)

出炉，。
Miàn bāo gāng gāng chū lú, hái hěn tàng.
The bread just came out of the oven; it's still very hot.
出炉。
Zhè fèn bào gào jiāng yú xià zhōu chū lú.
This report will be released next week.
，。
Xīn zhèng cè yǐ jīng chū le lú, dà jiā dōu hěn qī dài.
The new policy has been unveiled; everyone is looking forward to it.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

出chūcome out

'出' gives coming out and '炉' gives the oven, so something emerges from the oven.

Characters in this word

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

出 combines 止 (foot) and 凵 (cave) to show a foot stepping out of a cave.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

盧

盧lú炉lú

Same sound today

The older form combines 火 (fire) with 盧 (lú) for its sound; the modern 炉 is a later shorthand.

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