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毕业班 (bì yè bān) — graduating class; final-year class

Definition

noun
graduating classfinal-year class
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 毕业班。
    bì yè bān De tóng xué men dōu zài máng zhe zhǎo gōng zuò.
    The students in the graduating class are all busy finding jobs.
  • 毕业班。
    Xué xiào wèi bì yè bān jǔ bàn le yì chǎng lóng zhòng de bì yè diǎn lǐ.
    The school held a grand graduation ceremony for the graduating class.
  • 毕业班。
    Tā zuò wéi bì yè bān de dài biǎo shàng tái fā yán.
    She gave a speech on stage as the representative of the graduating class.

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.

毕业graduate
毕bìfinish业yèstudies
动宾Verb + object
班bānclass

毕业 means finishing studies and describes 班, giving the class that is graduating.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 畢; 毕 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 畢 combines 田 (field) and 𠦒 (net), showing a net used for hunting in a field.

Open 毕 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 业 →

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

  • 珏珏juépieces of jade
  • 刀刀dāoknife

班 shows 珏, pieces of jade, and 刀, a knife, cutting them into pieces.

Open 班 →
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