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获益 (huò yì) — to benefit; to gain benefit or profit

Definition

A formal/literary verb meaning 'to benefit, to gain (from)'. Pairs with 从…中 to mark the source: 从…中获益.

verb
to benefitto gain benefit or profit

Examples

  • 获益。
    Cóng zhè běn shū zhōng huò yì le hěn duō zhī shi.
    I gained a lot of knowledge from this book.
  • 获益。
    Cān jiā zhè cì huó dòng ràng tā huò yì hěn duō.
    Participating in this event brought him great benefit.
  • 。
    Tā cóng zhè bǐ jiāo yì zhōng huò le bù shǎo yì.
    He gained no small benefit from this deal.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

获huògain
益yìbenefit

To obtain benefit: 获 means gain and 益 means benefit.

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 獲; 获 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
犭Written in full as犬quǎndog
Sound part声符shēngfú
蒦
蒦huò獲huò
Same sound today

The traditional form 獲 combines 犭 (dog) with 蒦, a sound part, to show catching animals with a dog. The simplified 获 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

Open 获 →

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

益 puts 水 (water) above 皿 (a vessel), originally showing water overflowing the vessel.

Open 益 →
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