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特遣部队 (tè qiǎn bù duì) — task force (military or special operations)

Definition

A 'task force' — a temporary, specially organized military or operations unit assembled for a specific mission, distinct from a regular standing unit. Also used in non-military contexts (disaster relief, police operations).

noun
task force (military or special operations)
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • 特遣部队。
    Zhèng fǔ pài qiǎn le yì zhī tè qiǎn bù duì qián wǎng zāi qū jiù yuán.
    The government dispatched a task force to the disaster area for rescue.
  • 特遣部队。
    Zhè zhī tè qiǎn bù duì yóu jīng yàn fēng fù de tè zhǒng bīng zǔ chéng.
    This task force is composed of experienced special forces soldiers.
  • 特遣部队。
    tè qiǎn bù duì Zài sān tiān nèi wán chéng le zhēn chá rèn wu.
    The task force completed the reconnaissance mission within three days.

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.

特遣specially dispatched
特tèspecial遣qiǎndispatch
偏正Modifier + head
部队troops
部bùunit队duìtroops
联合Coordinate

特遣 means specially dispatched and 部队 means troops, together naming a specially dispatched military unit.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
牛牛niúox
Sound part声符shēngfú
寺
寺sì特tè
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.

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

The old form showed two hands directing an army, meaning to send or dispatch; the modern 遣 adds a walking part.

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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
邑邑yì
Sound part声符shēngfú
咅
咅pǒu部bù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

部 pairs 咅, which gives the sound, with 邑. It originally named a place in today's Gansu.

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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 隊; 队 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阜阜fù
Sound part声符shēngfú
㒸
㒸㒸隊duì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 隊 has 阜 as the meaning part and 㒸 as the sound part.

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Appears in
Military & Defense

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