新锐 (xīn ruì) — rising star, up-and-coming talent (in arts, business, technology, etc.)

Definition

新锐 (xīn ruì) refers to an emerging, cutting-edge person or force — often used as a modifier meaning 'avant-garde / trailblazing'. As a noun it denotes a rising star or newcomer who is bold and innovative.

noun
rising starup-and-coming talent (in arts, business, technology, etc.)

Examples

  • 新锐。
    Zhè wèi xīn ruì dǎo yǎn de xīn piàn guǎng shòu hǎo píng.
    This rising director's new film has been widely acclaimed.
  • 新锐。
    Gōng sī yǐn jìn le yí wèi shì chǎng xīn ruì lái kāi tuò xīn xīng yè wù.
    The company recruited a rising marketing talent to develop emerging businesses.
  • 新锐。
    Kē jì jiè měi nián de xīn ruì jī hū dōu chū zì dǐng jiān gāo xiào.
    Almost every year's rising stars in the tech industry come from top universities.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

新xīnnew
锐ruìsharp

新 (new) and 锐 (sharp) combine to suggest fresh, keen, up-and-coming talent.

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.

假借jiǎjièLater borrowed for its sound alone — the picture has nothing to do with today’s meaning.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
斤斤jīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
辛
辛xīn新xīn
Same sound today

The shape originally paired 斤, for chopping wood, with 辛 for sound. It was borrowed for its sound to write 新, so the chopping-wood parts are unrelated to 'new'.

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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 銳; 锐 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
釒釒jīngold
Sound part声符shēngfú
兌
兌duì銳ruì
Same sound today

The traditional form 銳 pairs 釒, a gold sign, with 兌 as the sound part; the simplified 锐 is a shorthand, so its right side is not the historical sound part.

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