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剪报 (jiǎn bào) — newspaper clipping

Definition

noun
newspaper clipping
Measure word · 张

Examples

  • 剪报。
    Tā bǎ yǒu yòng de wén zhāng dōu zuò chéng jiǎn bào tiē zài běn zi shàng.
    She turned all the useful articles into newspaper clippings and pasted them in a notebook.
  • 剪报。
    Wǒ yé ye xǐ huan shōu jí guān yú kē jì xīn wén de jiǎn bào.
    My grandfather likes to collect newspaper clippings about technology news.
  • 剪报，。
    Zhè xiē jiǎn bào àn zhào rì qī zhěng lǐ hǎo le, nǐ suí shí kě yǐ kàn.
    These newspaper clippings are organized by date, so you can look at them anytime.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

剪jiǎncut
报bàonewspaper

剪 ('cut') and 报 ('newspaper') combine to mean a clipping cut from a newspaper.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
刀刀dāoknife
Sound part声符shēngfú
歬
歬qián剪jiǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

In 剪, 刀 is the knife part and 歬 gives the sound. After 前 came to replace 歬, another 刀 was added to 剪.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 報; 报 is its simplified writing.

  • 㚔㚔㚔handcuffs
  • 𠬝𠬝𠬝to subdue

The traditional form 報 puts 㚔 (handcuffs) beside 𠬝 (to subdue), showing someone restrained and subdued, as in convicting or punishing a guilty person. The simplified 报 is a later shorthand.

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