占领军 (zhàn lǐng jūn) — occupation army

Definition

noun
occupation army
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • 占领军。
    Zhè zhī zhàn lǐng jūn lái zì dí guó.
    This occupation army comes from the enemy country.
  • 占领军。
    zhàn lǐng jūn De shì bīng zhàn lǐng le chéng shì.
    The soldiers of the occupation army occupied the city.
  • 占领军。
    Rén mín fǎn kàng zhàn lǐng jūn de tǒng zhì.
    The people resisted the rule of the occupation army.

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.

占领occupy
占zhànseize领lǐngpossess
联合Side by side
军jūnarmy

占领 means to occupy, and 军 is the army that does so.

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 佔; 占 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn佔zhàn
Same sound today

The traditional form 佔 has a person part 亻 and a sound part 占; the simplified 占 is a later abbreviation.

Open 占 →

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 領; 领 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yè
Sound part声符shēngfú
令
令lìng領lǐng
Same sound today

The traditional form 領 has 令 as a sound part and 頁 as a meaning part; the simplified 领 is a later shorthand.

Open 领 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

Open 军 →

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