推力 (tuī lì) — thrust; driving force | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

thrustdriving force

推力，。
Huǒ jiàn de tuī lì fēi cháng qiáng dà, néng gòu jiāng tā sòng rù tài kōng.
The rocket's thrust is very powerful, able to send it into space.
推力。
Jīng jì gǎi gé shì shè huì fā zhǎn de zhòng yào tuī lì.
Economic reform is an important driving force for social development.
推力。
Zhè zhǒng xīn xíng fā dòng jī chǎn shēng le jù dà de tuī lì.
This new type of engine produces enormous thrust.

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.

推 is push and 力 is force, so the word means the force produced by pushing.

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.

扌隹推

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

隹

隹zhuī推tuī

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left side 扌 is a hand, and the right side 隹 gives the sound; the character shows pushing with the hand.

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

力 is drawn as either an arm bending out from the side of the body or a wooden plough.