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归队 (guī duì) — (military) to rejoin one's unit; to return to one's original profession or field

Definition

Literally 'return to the ranks': used for rejoining a military unit, and by extension for going back to one's original profession or field after a break.

verb
(military) to rejoin one's unitto return to one's original profession or field

Examples

  • ，归队。
    Tā jiē dào mìng lìng hòu, lì jí guī duì.
    After receiving the order, he immediately rejoined his unit.
  • ，。
    Tā guī guò yí cì duì, dàn hěn kuài yòu lí kāi le.
    He rejoined the unit once, but soon left again.
  • ，归队。
    Tā lí kāi jīn róng háng yè duō nián, zuì zhōng guī duì le.
    She left the finance industry for many years and finally returned to it.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

归guīreturn
队duìunit

归 (return) and 队 (unit) combine to mean returning to one's unit.

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 歸; 归 is its simplified writing.

  • 𠂤𠂤𠂤ancient form of {{zh-l|*師|troops}}
  • 帚帚zhǒubroom; sweep

The traditional form 歸 combines 𠂤 (troops) and 帚 (broom; sweep) to show sweeping away an enemy and returning; the simplified 归 is a later abbreviation.

Open 归 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 隊; 队 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阜阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
㒸
㒸㒸隊duì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 隊 has 阜 as the meaning part and 㒸 as the sound part.

Open 队 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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