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赤裸裸 (chì luǒ luǒ) — stark naked, completely unclothed; undisguised, naked (in a figurative sense of truth, aggression, etc.)

Definition

Literally 'bare naked', used as a vivid adjective-like adverbial for something completely unclothed or, figuratively, utterly undisguised (aggression, lies, corruption). Emphasizes starkness — stronger and more rhetorical than plain 裸.

verb
stark nakedcompletely unclothedundisguisednaked (in a figurative sense of truth, aggression, etc.)

Examples

  • 赤裸裸，。
    Tā quán shēn chì luǒ luǒ, yì diǎn yě bù jué dé hài xiū.
    He was stark naked and didn't feel shy at all.
  • 赤裸裸。
    Zhè ge bào gào jiē lù le chì luǒ luǒ de fǔ bài.
    This report exposed the undisguised corruption.
  • 赤裸裸。
    Nà shì yì chǎng chì luǒ luǒ de qīn lüè zhàn zhēng.
    That was an act of naked aggression war.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

赤chìbare
裸裸intensified nakedness
裸luǒnaked裸luǒnaked
重叠Reduplication

赤 conveys bare, and 裸裸 intensifies that nakedness.

Characters in this word

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

赤 is a stylized form showing 大 (a person) and 火 (fire), depicting a person by a fire.

Open 赤 →

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
衣衣yīclothing
Sound part声符shēngfú
果
果guǒ裸
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The part 衣 means clothing, which fits the sense of being without clothes; the part 果 is there for sound.

Open 裸 →

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
衣衣yīclothing
Sound part声符shēngfú
果
果guǒ裸
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The part 衣 means clothing, which fits the sense of being without clothes; the part 果 is there for sound.

Open 裸 →
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