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援军 (yuán jūn) — reinforcements; relief troops

Definition

noun
reinforcementsrelief troops
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • 援军。
    Qián xiàn jí xū yuán jūn zhī yuán.
    The front line urgently needs reinforcements.
  • 援军。
    Jiāng jūn mìng lìng yuán jūn lì kè chū fā.
    The general ordered the reinforcements to set off immediately.
  • 援军。
    Dí rén de yuán jūn yǐ jīng bèi wǒ jūn jī tuì.
    The enemy's reinforcements have already been repelled by our army.

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.

援yuánaid
军jūntroops

援 (aid) and 军 (troops) describe troops that bring aid.

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
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
爰
爰yuán援yuán
Same sound today

In 援, the left 扌 (written fully as 手) is a hand, and the right 爰 tells you how it sounds.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

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Military & Defense

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