蒙受 (méng shòu) — to suffer, sustain, or receive (something negative, e.g., loss, humiliation, injustice)

Definition

A formal verb meaning 'to suffer / sustain' something negative (loss, injury, injustice). It is stronger and more written than plain 受到, and is used almost exclusively for adverse outcomes.

verb
to suffersustainor receive (something negative, e.g., loss, humiliation, injustice)

Examples

  • ，蒙受。
    Zhè cì tóu zī shī bài, gōng sī méng shòu le jù dà de jīng jì sǔn shī.
    This investment failure caused the company to suffer huge economic losses.
  • 蒙受，。
    Tā zài zhàn chǎng shàng méng shòu le zhòng shāng, dàn zuì zhōng kāng fù le.
    He sustained severe injuries on the battlefield but eventually recovered.
  • 蒙受。
    Wú gū zhě bù yīng méng shòu bù bái zhī yuān.
    Innocent people should not suffer unjust grievances.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

蒙méngreceive; suffer
受shòureceive; undergo

The sense of receiving and the sense of undergoing combine to mean suffer or sustain something.

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
艹Written in full as艸cǎograss
Sound part声符shēngfú
冡
冡měng蒙méng
Same sound today

蒙 combines 艹 (grass) with 冡, which supplies the sound.

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

受 possibly combines 爪 and 又 as hands with 舟 as a boat, to show handing something over.

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