暴民 (bào mín) — mob | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

mob

Measure word · 群

暴民。
Yì qún bào mín chōng jìn le zhèng fǔ dà lóu.
A mob stormed the government building.
暴民。
Jǐng fāng shì tú kòng zhì fèn nù de bào mín.
The police tried to control the angry mob.
暴民。
Zhè chǎng sāo luàn shì yóu bào mín yǐn qǐ de.
This riot was caused by a mob.

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.

暴 and 民 together describe violent people, a mob.

Characters in this word

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

The earliest form paired 虎 and 戈, a tiger and a weapon. The later 暴 came from a picture of hands drying something in the sun.

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

The early form of 民 shows an eye pierced by a sharp cross-shaped implement, possibly linked to an injured or unclear eye.