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原件 (yuán jiàn) — original document; master copy; manuscript

Definition

noun
original documentmaster copymanuscript
Measure word · 份

Examples

  • 原件。
    Qǐng bǎ yuán jiàn fù yìn yí fèn gěi wǒ.
    Please make a copy of the original document for me.
  • 原件。
    Zhè fèn hé tong xū yào bǎo liú yuán jiàn.
    This contract needs to keep the original copy.
  • 原件。
    Bó wù guǎn zhǎn chū le shǒu gǎo yuán jiàn.
    The museum displayed the original manuscript.

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.

原yuánoriginal
件jiànitem

“原” (original) specifies the kind of “件” (item).

Characters in this word

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

原 combines 泉 (spring) and 厂 (cliff), picturing a spring bursting from a cliff-side, which gives the sense of origin or source.

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

件 is made of 人, 'man', and 牛, 'cow'.

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