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政见 (zhèng jiàn) — political view; political opinion

Definition

noun
political viewpolitical opinion

Examples

  • 政见。
    Tā men zài xuǎn jǔ zhōng biǎo dá le bù tóng de zhèng jiàn.
    They expressed different political views in the election.
  • 政见，。
    Liǎng rén de zhèng jiàn xiāng chā hěn dà, cháng cháng zhēng lùn.
    The two people's political views differ greatly, and they often argue.
  • 政见。
    Tā gōng kāi chǎn míng le zì jǐ de zhèng jiàn.
    He publicly stated his political views.

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.

政zhèngpolitics
见jiànopinion

政 is politics and 见 is opinion, so it is a political opinion.

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
攴攴pūaction
Sound part声符shēngfú
正
正zhèng政zhèng
Same sound today

政 combines 正, which gives the sound, with 攴, an action-related part.

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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 見; 见 is its simplified writing.

  • 目目mùeye
  • 卩卩jiékneeling person

The traditional form 見 pairs 目 (eye) with 卩 (kneeling person), showing a kneeling figure with a large eye for a head. The simplified 见 is a later shorthand.

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Appears in
Government & Politics

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