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对折 (duì zhé) — 50% discount, half price; (printing) folio, a sheet folded once

Definition

A noun with two distinct senses: in shopping, '50% off / half price' (as in 打对折); in bookbinding, a sheet folded once to make a folio.

noun
50% discounthalf price(printing) folioa sheet folded once

Examples

  • 对折。
    Zhè ge shāng pǐn dǎ duì zhé.
    This product is 50% off.
  • 对折。
    Guó qìng qī jiān suǒ yǒu shāng pǐn dōu dǎ duì zhé.
    During National Day, all products are 50% off.
  • 对折。
    Zhè běn shū cǎi yòng duì zhé gé shì.
    This book uses folio format.

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.

对duìopposite or matching
折zhéfold

'对' means opposite or matching and '折' means fold, so a fold that brings halves together.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 對; 对 is its simplified writing.

For the traditional form 對, the shape comes from an early drawing of 丵 (a digging tool), 土 (earth), and 又 (a hand); it may have meant developing land.

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

  • 屮𣏄𣏄a tree {{zh-m|*木}} cut in half
  • 斤斤jīnaxe

The shape originally showed an axe (斤) cutting a tree in half; in 折 the left part is now written as a hand.

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