特赦 (tè shè) — (noun) special pardon; amnesty; (verb) to grant…

Definition

noun

special pardonamnesty

verb

to grant a special pardon or amnesty

特赦，。
Guó jiā zhǔ xí qiān shǔ le tè shè lìng, shì fàng le yì pī zhèng zhì fàn.
The president signed a special pardon order, releasing a group of political prisoners.
特赦。
Zhèng fǔ jué dìng tè shè nà xiē zài zhàn zhēng qī jiān fàn xià qīng wēi zuì xíng de rén.
The government decided to grant amnesty to those who committed minor crimes during the war.
特赦。
Zhè cì tè shè shì zài guó jiā qìng diǎn zhī jì xuān bù de.
This special pardon was announced on the occasion of a national celebration.

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.

特tèspecial

特 (special) narrows 赦 (pardon) to a pardon granted in a special case.

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.

牛寺特

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

寺

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape combines 牛 (ox) with 寺, which gives the pronunciation; it originally meant a large bull.

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

攴攴pūhand holding a stick

Sound part声符shēngfú

亦

亦yì赦shè

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The older form of 赦 paired 亦 as a sound part with 攴, a hand holding a stick; later writing changed the sound part.

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