疗养地 (liáo yǎng de) — health resort, sanatorium

Definition

A '疗养地' is a place specifically for rest, recuperation, and medical recovery — distinct from a tourist 度假地 (vacation spot) by its focus on healing rather than recreation.

noun

health resortsanatorium

Measure word · 个

Examples

疗养地。
Yī shēng jiàn yì tā qù liáo yǎng de xiū yǎng yí duàn shí jiān.
The doctor advised him to go to a health resort to recuperate for a while.
疗养地，。
Zhè zuò liáo yǎng de huán jìng yōu měi, kōng qì qīng xīn.
This sanatorium has a beautiful environment and fresh air.
疗养地。
Tā men zhèng zài jiàn zào yí gè xīn de liáo yǎng de.
They are building a new health resort.

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.

疗养healing and rest

疗liáoheal养yǎngnourish

联合Side by side

地dìplace

疗 means heal, 养 means nourish, and 地 means place; a place for healing and rest.

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 療; 疗 is its simplified writing.

疒尞療

Meaning part形符xíngfú

疒疒nèdisease

Sound part声符shēngfú

尞

尞liáo療liáo

Same sound today

The traditional form 療 has 疒 for disease and 尞 for the sound; the simplified 疗 is a later shorthand, so its visible parts are not the historical ones.

Open 疗 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 養; 养 is its simplified writing.