制革 (zhì gé) — to tan (hides), to process leather

Definition

A technical term for tanning hides into leather — used in manufacturing and trade contexts, not everyday speech.

verb

to tan (hides)to process leather

制革。
Zhè jiā gōng chǎng zhuān mén zhì gé.
This factory specializes in tanning leather.
。
Tā men shàng ge yuè zhì le wǔ qiān zhāng gé.
They tanned five thousand hides last month.
制革。
Tā xué guò zhì gé de jì shù.
He studied the technique of leather processing.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

制 means process and 革 means hide or leather, so the action is processing hides into leather.

Characters in this word

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

The form 制 pairs 朱 (tree) with 刀 (knife), showing the act of cutting a tree.

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

革 is drawn as a stretched animal hide, with the upper part as the head and the lower part as the tail and legs.

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