多彩 (duō cǎi) — colorful; magnificent (of life, experience) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

colorfulmagnificent (of life, experience)

Examples

多彩。
Qiū tiān de shù lín jǐng sè duō cǎi.
The autumn forest scenery is colorful.
多彩。
Tā jīng lì le yí duàn duō cǎi de rén shēng.
She experienced a colorful life.
多彩，。
Zhè chǎng biǎo yǎn fēi cháng duō cǎi, guān zhòng dōu gǔ zhǎng jiào hǎo.
This performance was magnificent; the audience all applauded and cheered.

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.

多 means many, and 彩 means colors, giving the sense of many colors.

Characters in this word

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

多 originally showed two pieces of meat placed together; the repeated meat shape gives the sense of many.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

采彡彩

Meaning part形符xíngfú

彡彡shān

Sound part声符shēngfú

采

采cǎi彩cǎi

Same sound today

彩 puts 采, which gives the sound, next to 彡, the three-stroke mark that carries the meaning.

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