平手 (píng shǒu) — draw; tie | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

drawtie

平手。
Nà chǎng bǐ sài zuì hòu dǎ chéng píng shǒu.
That match ended in a draw.
平手。
Liǎng duì yǐ píng shǒu jié shù bǐ sài.
The two teams ended the game in a tie.
平手。
Tā men zuì zhōng yǐ píng shǒu gào zhōng.
They ultimately ended in a draw.

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.

平 means even or level and 手 stands for a player's side, so a 平手 is an even outcome.

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

The origin is uncertain. One explanation combines 八 (division) and 亏 (exhaled air) to show smooth speech.

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

手 draws a five-fingered human hand: the top line is a bent middle finger, and the horizontal lines show the other four fingers.

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