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遣送 (qiǎn sòng) — to repatriate, to send back (esp. deport or send back to home country)

Definition

遣送 (qiǎnsòng) is a formal verb meaning 'to send someone back to where they came from,' typically by authorities — used for deporting immigrants or repatriating prisoners of war.

verb
to repatriateto send back (esp. deport or send back to home country)

Examples

  • 遣送。
    Zhèng fǔ jué dìng bǎ fēi fǎ yí mín qiǎn sòng huí qù.
    The government decided to repatriate the illegal immigrants.
  • 遣送。
    Tā yīn wèi qiān zhèng guò qī bèi qiǎn sòng huí guó le.
    He was deported because his visa had expired.
  • ，遣送。
    Zhàn zhēng jié shù hòu, zhàn fú men dōu bèi qiǎn sòng huí guó le.
    After the war ended, all the prisoners of war were repatriated.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

遣qiǎnsend
送sòngsend

“遣” and “送” both mean sending away; together mean to send someone back.

Characters in this word

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

The old form showed two hands directing an army, meaning to send or dispatch; the modern 遣 adds a walking part.

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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
辶Written in full as辵chuòto walk
Sound part声符shēngfú
灷
灷zhuàn送sòng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

送 combines 辶, the walking radical, with 灷, which supplies the sound; the walking part fits meanings like see off or deliver.

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