阵列 (zhèn liè) — (computing) array; (military) array, formation

Definition

At HSK 7, 阵列 foregrounds the technical/computing sense: an ordered data structure (array) and, by extension, any regular grid of hardware (天线阵列).

noun

(computing) array(military) arrayformation

阵列。
Zhè ge chéng xù shǐ yòng le yí gè èr wéi zhèn liè.
This program uses a two-dimensional array.
阵列。
Jūn duì pái chéng le zhěng qí de zhèn liè.
The troops formed a neat array.
阵列。
Shù jù yǐ zhèn liè de xíng shì cún chǔ zài shù jù kù zhōng.
The data is stored in the database in the form of an array.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

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

阵zhènformation

阵 and 列 both evoke rows or formations, so together they mean an array.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 陣; 阵 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 陣, a left-side part was added to a shortened 東; the older shape also used 攴. The simplified 阵 is a later shorthand.

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

列 combines 歹, drawn as skeletal remains, and 刀, a knife, to depict tearing apart.

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