抢修 (qiǎng xiū) — to make emergency repairs, to rush-repair

Definition

A compound verb meaning to rush-repair under time pressure (after a breakdown or disaster). Combines 抢 ('rush, seize time') with 修 ('repair') — used for emergency repairs to pipelines, circuits, roads, etc.

verb
to make emergency repairsto rush-repair

Examples

  • 抢修。
    Gōng rén men zhèng zài qiǎng xiū sǔn huài de guǎn dào.
    The workers are rush-repairing the damaged pipeline.
  • 抢修，。
    Jīng guò yí yè de qiǎng xiū, diàn lù zhōng yú huī fù le.
    After a night of emergency repairs, the electrical circuit was finally restored.
  • ，抢修。
    Tái fēng guò hòu, qiǎng xiū duì wu lì jí chū fā.
    After the typhoon, the repair team set out immediately.

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.

抢qiǎngrush
修xiūrepair

抢, to rush, and 修, to repair, together give the idea of emergency repair.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 搶; 抢 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
倉
倉cāng搶qiǎng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 搶 pairs 扌 (hand) with 倉, which gives the sound; the simplified 抢 is a shorthand, so its right side is not the historical component.

Open 抢 →

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
彡彡shān
Sound part声符shēngfú
攸
攸yōu修xiū
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

修 is built from 攸, which gives the sound, and 彡, a set of three strokes that shows the meaning.

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