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十足 (shí zú) — fully sufficient; complete; hundred percent; (of a color) pure, unmixed

Definition

十足 is a pre-noun adjective emphasizing 100% authenticity or full degree (十足的信心 'utter confidence', 十足的骗局 'out-and-out scam'). Unlike 十分 (an adverb, 'very'), it modifies nouns directly; 纯/纯粹 cover the color/purity sense.

adjective
fully sufficientcompletehundred percent(of a color) pureunmixed

Examples

  • 十足。
    Tā duì zì jǐ shè jì de fāng àn xìn xīn shí zú.
    He is full of confidence in his own design plan.
  • 十足，。
    Nà shì yí gè shí zú de piàn jú, qiān wàn bié xìn.
    That is an out-and-out scam; don't believe it for a second.
  • 十足，。
    Zhè jiàn yī fu shì shí zú de hóng sè, méi yǒu zá sè.
    This piece of clothing is a pure red, with no tints.

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.

十shíten
足zúfull

十 means 'ten' and 足 means 'full', so ten parts full give the sense of complete.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The early shape 十 was mostly a single vertical stroke, sometimes with a dot, and later gained a horizontal stroke to form a cross. For the number ten, it marked the next digit above one.

Open 十 →

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

足 was originally drawn as a leg.

Open 足 →
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