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长假 (cháng jià) — long vacation, long leave (from work or school); (euphemism) resignation (often expressed as 请长假)

Definition

长假 is an extended break from work or school (days to months), as in 国庆七天长假. As a euphemism, 请长假 = 'take a long leave', a polite way to say resigning without saying 辞职.

noun
long vacationlong leave (from work or school)(euphemism) resignation (often expressed as 请长假)

Examples

  • 长假。
    Měi nián guó qìng jié dōu yǒu qī tiān cháng jià.
    Every year there's a seven-day long vacation for National Day.
  • ，长假。
    Tā yīn wèi shēn tǐ bù hǎo, xiàng gōng sī shēn qǐng le sān gè yuè de cháng jià.
    He applied for a three-month long leave from the company due to poor health.
  • 长假，。
    Tā shàng ge yuè qǐng le cháng jià, zài yě bù huí lái le.
    He resigned last month (by asking for long leave) and never came back.

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.

长chánglong
假jiǎleave; vacation

长 gives the idea of long, and 假 gives leave or vacation, so the whole means an extended break.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 長; 长 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 長 pictures an old man with long hair. The simplified 长 is a later shorthand, so its strokes do not show that original picture.

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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
亻Written in full as人rénperson
Sound part声符shēngfú
叚
叚jiǎ假jiǎ
Same sound today

假 pairs 亻 (person) with 叚, which gives the sound jiǎ.

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