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文艺复兴 (Wén yì fù xīng) — Renaissance

Definition

Proper noun for the historical 'Renaissance' — the European cultural revival of the 14th–17th centuries. Often used attributively (文艺复兴时期) to mark that era's art, thought, and style.

noun
Renaissance

Examples

  • 文艺复兴。
    Ōu zhōu de Wén yì fù xīng shì yì chǎng yǐng xiǎng shēn yuǎn de wén huà yùn dòng.
    The Renaissance in Europe was a far-reaching cultural movement.
  • 文艺复兴。
    Zhè běn huà cè zhǎn shì le yì dà lì Wén yì fù xīng shí qī de jīng diǎn zuò pǐn.
    This art album showcases classic works from the Italian Renaissance.
  • 文艺复兴。
    Hěn duō rén bǎ dāng qián de wén huà chuàng xīn chēng wéi shù zì Wén yì fù xīng.
    Many people refer to today's cultural innovation as the digital Renaissance.

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.

文艺literature and art
文wénliterature艺yìart
联合Coordinate
复兴revival
复fùagain兴xīngrise
偏正Modifier + head

文艺 (literature and art) + 复兴 (revival) names the period of renewed arts.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The current form 文 shows a man with head, arms, legs, and chest; the tattoo marks on the chest are no longer drawn.

Open 文 →

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
艹Written in full as艸cǎo
Sound part声符shēngfú
乙
乙yǐ艺yì
Same sound today

In 艺, the top 艹 points to plants, and the lower 乙 gives the sound.

Open 艺 →

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 復; 复 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 复 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (复习, 恢复) it is 復; in others (复印, 复杂) (答复, 反复) it is 複 or 覆.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
彳彳chìwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
复
复fù復fù
Same sound today

The traditional form 復 combines 彳, a walking part, with 复, a sound part, to show walking back and forth.

Open 复 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 興; 兴 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 興 shows four hands lifting an object; the simplified 兴 is not the form described.

Open 兴 →
Appears in
Art & Fine ArtsHistory

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