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飞人 (fēi rén) — (noun, figurative) a very fast runner or athlete, especially a world-class track champion; (noun) an aerialist or trapeze artist in circus acrobatics

Definition

A "Flying Man" is either a track champion hailed for blazing speed (esp. 110m hurdles / sprinting) or a circus aerialist. Athletes call themselves 飞人 (like 跨栏飞人 Liu Xiang); in the circus it refers to trapeze artists.

noun
(noun, figurative) a very fast runner or athlete, especially a world-class track championan aerialist or trapeze artist in circus acrobatics
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 飞人。
    Liú xiáng shì zhōng guó de fēi rén.
    Liu Xiang is China's Flying Man.
  • ，飞人。
    Zhè chǎng biǎo yǎn zhōng, fēi rén men zuò le hěn duō gāo nán dù de dòng zuò.
    In this performance, the aerialists performed many highly difficult moves.
  • ，飞人。
    Tā pǎo dé fēi cháng kuài, dà jiā dōu jiào tā fēi rén.
    He runs extremely fast, everyone calls him the Flying Man.

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.

飞fēifly
人rénperson

飞 “fly” describes 人 “person”, as in someone who flies or moves very fast.

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 飛; 飞 is its simplified writing.

For 飞, the traditional form 飛 pictures a bird flying upwards.

Open 飞 →

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

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

Open 人 →
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Sports & Athletics

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