阅历 (yuè lì) — (verb) to experience, to go through (life events, gaining insight); (noun) life experience, breadth of experience (especially from travel, work, or relationships)

Definition

阅历 (noun) is the breadth of life experience one has accumulated — wider and deeper than 经验. Use 阅历丰富 ("well-experienced") for a person; 经历 is the events themselves.

verb
to experienceto go through (life events, gaining insight)
noun
life experiencebreadth of experience (especially from travel, work, or relationships)

Examples

  • 阅历,。
    Tā nián qīng shí yuè lì le hěn duō guó jiā, yǎn jiè hěn kāi kuò.
    When he was young, he experienced many countries and has a broad perspective.
  • 阅历。
    Yí gè rén de yuè lì wǎng wǎng bǐ xué lì gèng zhòng yào.
    A person's life experience is often more important than their academic credentials.
  • 阅历,。
    Zhè běn shū de zuò zhě yuè lì fēng fù, xiě chū lái de gù shi hěn zhēn shí.
    The author of this book has rich life experience, so the stories he writes are very authentic.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

阅yuèread/see
历lìgo through

阅 is reading or seeing through, and 历 is going through; together they name accumulated experience.

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 閱; 阅 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
門門mén
Sound part声符shēngfú
兌
兌duì閱yuè
Same sound today

The traditional form 閱 pairs 門, a gate, with 兌, a part that gives the sound; the simplified 阅 is a shorthand.

Open 阅 →

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 歷; 历 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 历 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (简历, 经历) it is 歷; in others (日历) it is 曆.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
Sound part声符shēngfú
厤
厤lì歷lì
Same sound today

The form 歷 pairs 止 with the sound part 厤.

Open 历 →

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