创举 (chuàng jǔ) — pioneering work; pioneering undertaking

Definition

noun

pioneering workpioneering undertaking

创举。
Zhè xiàng gōng chéng kān chēng xīn shí dài de chuàng jǔ.
This project can be called a pioneering undertaking of the new era.
创举。
Lì shǐ shàng xǔ duō wěi dà de chuàng jǔ dōu yuán yú dà dǎn de cháng shì.
Many great pioneering works in history originated from bold attempts.
创举。
Nà shí xiū jiàn cháng chéng shì yí gè liǎo bù qǐ de chuàng jǔ.
Building the Great Wall back then was an amazing pioneering undertaking.

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.

The 创 sense of pioneering or first combines with 举 as deed to mean a groundbreaking undertaking.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 創; 创 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

刀刀dāoknife

Sound part声符shēngfú

倉

倉cāng創chuàng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 創 pairs 倉 with 刀 (knife) to write 'wound', and 倉 gives the pronunciation. The simplified 创 is a later shorthand.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 舉; 举 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

與

與yǔ舉jǔ

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 舉 pairs 與, which gives the sound, with 手, a hand; the simplified 举 is a later shorthand.