非暴力 (fēi bào lì) — nonviolence | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

nonviolence

非暴力。
Tā tí chàng fēi bào lì.
He advocates nonviolence.
非暴力。
fēi bào lì Shì yì zhǒng zhòng yào de lǐ niàn.
Nonviolence is an important concept.
非暴力。
Tā men yǐ fēi bào lì wèi yuán zé.
They take nonviolence as a principle.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

前缀qiánzhuìPrefix

A fixed syllable in front that adds a shade of meaning but carries none of its own.

暴力violence

偏正Modifier + head

非 gives the sense of 'not' to 暴力, yielding the idea of avoiding violence.

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

The shape of 非 is drawn from two wings facing opposite directions. It later came to be used for going against or not being.

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

The earliest form paired 虎 and 戈, a tiger and a weapon. The later 暴 came from a picture of hands drying something in the sun.

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

力 is drawn as either an arm bending out from the side of the body or a wooden plough.

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