蠢事 (chǔn shì) — foolish act, stupid thing (to do); folly | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

foolish actstupid thing (to do)folly

Measure word · 件

Examples

蠢事。
Nǐ bié zài zuò zhè zhǒng chǔn shì le.
Don't do this kind of stupid thing again.
蠢事。
Tā zuó tiān gān le yí jiàn chǔn shì.
He did a foolish thing yesterday.
，蠢事。
Huí yì qǐ lái, nà xiē dōu shì nián qīng shí de chǔn shì.
Looking back, those were all youthful follies.

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.

蠢chǔnfoolish

蠢事 is a 事 that is 蠢, a foolish thing to do.

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.

春䖵蠢

Meaning part形符xíngfú

䖵䖵䖵insects

Sound part声符shēngfú

春

春chūn蠢chǔn

Same sound today

蠢 pairs 䖵 (insects) with 春 as a sound part.

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

又又yòuhand
中中zhōnga flagpole with a drum

In 事, 又 is a hand and 中 is a flagpole with a drum; holding a flag in hand depicts performing a job.

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