牧业 (mù yè) — animal husbandry

Definition

noun
animal husbandry

Examples

  • 牧业。
    Zhè ge dì qū de mù yè fēi cháng fā dá.
    Animal husbandry is very developed in this region.
  • 牧业。
    mù yè Shì dāng dì jīng jì de zhòng yào zhī zhù.
    Animal husbandry is an important pillar of the local economy.
  • 牧业。
    Tā dà xué bì yè hòu cóng shì le mù yè yán jiū.
    After graduating from university, he engaged in animal husbandry research.

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.

牧mùherding
业yèindustry

牧业 combines 牧 'herding' with 业 'industry' to name the business of raising livestock.

Characters in this word

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

牧 puts 牛 (cow) beside 攴 (a whip), showing someone herding cattle.

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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.

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