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娱乐业 (yú lè yè) — show business; entertainment industry

Definition

noun
show businessentertainment industry

Examples

  • ，娱乐业。
    Jìn nián lái, zhōng guó de yú lè yè fā zhǎn dé fēi cháng xùn sù.
    In recent years, China's entertainment industry has developed very rapidly.
  • 娱乐业，。
    Hěn duō rén mèng xiǎng jìn rù yú lè yè, chéng wéi míng xīng.
    Many people dream of entering show business and becoming stars.
  • 娱乐业，。
    yú lè yè De jìng zhēng fēi cháng jī liè, chéng gōng bìng bù róng yì.
    The entertainment industry is extremely competitive; success is not easy.

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.

娱乐entertainment
娱yúamuse乐lèjoy
联合Coordinate
业yèindustry

娱乐 gives the entertainment idea, and 业 gives the industry idea.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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 樂; 乐 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 樂, 絲 (string) with 木 (wood) shows strings on a piece of wood, a musical instrument; the simplified 乐 is a later shorthand.

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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 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

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Appears in
Business & Commerce

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