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赢得 (yíng dé) — to win, to gain

Definition

赢得 takes a goal or prize as its object (trust, support, victory). 赢 alone just means 'to win a contest', while 收获 covers broader 'gains or rewards' from effort.

verb
to winto gain

Examples

  • 赢得。
    Tā yíng dé le zhè chǎng bǐ sài.
    He won this competition.
  • 赢得。
    Tā de nǔ lì yíng dé le dà jiā de xìn rèn.
    Her hard work won everyone's trust.
  • 赢得。
    Wǒ men yí dìng yào yíng dé zuì hòu de shèng lì.
    We must win the final victory in the end.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

赢yíngwin
得déobtain

赢 means to win, and 得 expresses obtaining, so the result is winning or gaining 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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 贏; 赢 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèicowry; money
Sound part声符shēngfú
𦝠
𦝠𦝠贏yíng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 贏 is built from 貝 (cowry; money) and 𦝠, which gives the sound; the simplified 赢 is a later shorthand.

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

The old form 㝵 showed a hand picking up a cowry, meaning to obtain; later changes turned that picture into 得.

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