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获释 (huò shì) — to be released (from prison); to be set free; to get off

Definition

A formal/written verb meaning 'to be released from prison' — used in news and legal contexts rather than everyday speech.

verb
to be released (from prison)to be set freeto get off

Examples

  • 获释，。
    Tā zuó tiān gāng huò shì, jīn tiān jiù lái kàn wǒ le.
    He was just released yesterday and came to see me today.
  • ，获释。
    Jīng guò shěn pàn, tā zuì zhōng bèi huò shì le.
    After the trial, he was finally released.
  • ，。
    Tā zài jiān yù lǐ guān le wǔ nián, qù nián cái huò le shì.
    He was imprisoned for five years and was only released last year.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

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

获huòobtain
释shìrelease

获 means obtain and 释 means release, together indicating release from confinement.

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.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 釋; 释 is its simplified writing.

  • 釆釆biànto distinguish
  • 睪睪yìto release; to see

The traditional form 釋 puts 釆 (to distinguish) beside 睪, a part that gives the sound and means “to release; to see”; the simplified 释 is a later shortened shape.

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Appears in
Crime & Police

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