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美化 (měi huà) — to beautify, to make more beautiful

Definition

美化 means to deliberately make something (environment, image, city) appear better or more attractive, often glossing over problems. Unlike 装饰 (decorate objects) or 打扮 (dress up a person), it targets abstract things like reputation or surroundings.

verb
to beautifyto make more beautiful

Examples

  • 。
    Chéng shì tōng guò lǜ huà lái měi huà huán jìng.
    The city beautifies the environment through greening.
  • 美化。
    Zhè ge jì huà zhǐ zài měi huà gōng sī de xíng xiàng.
    This plan aims to beautify the company's image.
  • 美化。
    Zhèng fǔ tóu rù zī jīn měi huà gōng yuán.
    The government invested funds to beautify the park.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

美měibeautiful
化huàbecome/make

美 means beautiful, and 化 conveys making or becoming, so it expresses making beautiful.

Characters in this word

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

美 shows 大, a person, wearing 羊, a headdress of feathers or ram's horn.

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

化 shows two person figures, one upright and one upside down, to give the idea of reversal or change.

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