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慷慨解囊 (kāng kǎi jiě náng) — to generously donate or contribute money to help others (formal idiom)

Definition

Formal chengyu meaning 'to give generously from one's purse.' Pairs with 为/对 + cause (e.g. 为灾区解囊); the verb 解囊, not the noun, carries the giving sense.

idiom
to generously donate or contribute money to help others (formal idiom)

Examples

  • ，慷慨解囊。
    Tīng shuō zāi qū xū yào wù zī, tā lì jí kāng kǎi jiě náng.
    Hearing that the disaster area needed supplies, he immediately made a generous donation.
  • 慷慨解囊，。
    Gōng sī duì zhè cì cí shàn huó dòng kāng kǎi jiě náng, chóu dé le dà liàng zī jīn.
    The company generously contributed to this charity event, raising a large amount of funds.
  • 慷慨解囊，。
    Lín jū men fēn fēn kāng kǎi jiě náng, bāng zhù nà hù shī huǒ de rén jiā dù guò nán guān.
    The neighbors took turns making generous contributions to help the family whose house burned down get through the crisis.

Origin

Characters in this word

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
康
康kāng慷
Same sound today

慷 pairs 心 (heart) with 康, which gives the sound.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
既
既jì慨kǎi
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 心 is a heart, showing the character concerns feelings; the right side 既 is used for its sound.

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

解 shows 刀 (knife) separating 角 (horn) from 牛 (cow), giving the picture of cutting up an ox.

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

Meaning part形符xíngfú
㯻㯻㯻bag
Sound part声符shēngfú
襄
襄xiāng囊náng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

囊 is made from 㯻, a tied bag with items inside, plus an abbreviated form of 襄 that gives the sound.

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