解放战争 (jiě fàng zhàn zhēng) — China's War of Liberation (1945–1949) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

China's War of Liberation (1945–1949)

Examples

解放战争1945，1949。
jiě fàng zhàn zhēng Cóng 1945 nián kāi shǐ, dào 1949 nián jié shù.
The War of Liberation began in 1945 and ended in 1949.
。
Zhè běn shū xiáng xì jiè shào le jiě fàng zhàn zhēng de lì shǐ.
This book gives a detailed introduction to the history of the War of Liberation.
解放战争，。
jiě fàng zhàn zhēng Qī jiān, hěn duō lǎo bǎi xìng liú lí shī suǒ.
During the War of Liberation, many common people were displaced.

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.

解放liberation

解jiěfree放fàngrelease

联合Side by side

战争war

战zhànfight争zhēngcontend

联合Side by side

"解放" means to set free, and "战争" is fighting; together they name a war for liberation.

Characters in this word

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

角刀牛解

角角jiǎohorn
刀刀dāoknife
牛牛niúcow

解 shows 刀 (knife) separating 角 (horn) from 牛 (cow), giving the picture of cutting up an ox.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

方攵放

Meaning part形符xíngfú

攵Written in full as攴pūhand, action

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

方fāng放fàng

Same sound today

放 uses 方 for its sound and 攵, a hand/action part, to mark an action of release.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

占戈战

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

占

占zhàn战zhàn

Same sound today

战 pairs 占, which gives its sound, with 戈, a weapon.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 爭; 争 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 爭 shows two hands on a plowshare; the simplified 争 is a later abbreviation, so this picture belongs to 爭, not 争.

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