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回绝 (huí jué) — to decline, to refuse

Definition

verb
to declineto refuse

Examples

  • 回绝。
    Tā huí jué le duì fāng de qiú hūn.
    She declined the marriage proposal.
  • 回绝。
    Lǎo bǎn huí jué le wǒ men de jiàn yì.
    The boss rejected our suggestion.
  • 回绝。
    Tā huí jué le nà fèn gōng zuò yāo qǐng.
    He declined that job offer.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

回huíturn back
绝juérefuse

'回' turn back and '绝' cut off or refuse combine to mean decline.

Characters in this word

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

回 comes from a drawing of a spiral, showing something turning around.

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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 絕; 绝 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 絕, 刀 (knife) and 幺 (silk) show a knife cutting silk threads. The simplified 绝 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the original picture.

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