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检察长 (jiǎn chá cháng) — chief prosecutor, procurator-general (head of a procuratorate)

Definition

noun
chief prosecutorprocurator-general (head of a procuratorate)
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 检察长。
    Zhè wèi jiǎn chá cháng zhèng zài diào chá zhè ge àn jiàn.
    This chief prosecutor is investigating this case.
  • 检察长。
    jiǎn chá cháng De zhí zé shì jiān dū fǎ lǜ de zhí xíng.
    The duty of the procurator-general is to supervise the enforcement of the law.
  • 检察长。
    Tā bèi rèn mìng wèi xīn de jiǎn chá cháng.
    He was appointed as the new chief prosecutor.

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.

检察inspect
检jiǎninspect察cháobserve
联合Coordinate
长chángchief

检察 (inspect) and 长 (chief) denote the chief overseeing procuratorial work.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 檢; 检 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mù
Sound part声符shēngfú
僉
僉qiān檢jiǎn
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 檢 pairs 木 (wood) with 僉 as a sound part; it may originally have pictured a blade on top of a wooden spear. The simplified 检 is a later shorthand.

Open 检 →

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
宀宀miánroof
Sound part声符shēngfú
祭
祭jì察chá
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape 察 combines 宀, a roof, with 祭 as the sound part.

Open 察 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 長; 长 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 長 pictures an old man with long hair. The simplified 长 is a later shorthand, so its strokes do not show that original picture.

Open 长 →
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