Analysis of Major Characters and Words (第七课)

Analysis of Major Characters and Words (第八课)

1. 影响影 (the “lace” radical on the right -> “lacing; shadow, silhouette” -> “in the

shadow of”) + 响 (the “mouth” radical -> “to echo”) -> “influence; impact”

5. 礼堂礼 (originally “sacrifices offered to gods” -> “ritual; ceremony”) + 堂 (the

“earth” radical 土at the bottom -> “terrace” -> “terraced hall”) -> “hall of

ceremony” -> “auditorium”

7. 几乎几 (“near, close to”) + 乎 (= 在) -> “almost there” -> “almost; nearly”

8. 艺术艺 (the “plant; grass” radical -> “to plant, grow” -> “skill; craftsmanship”

-> “artistry”) + 术 (originally “road” -> “method; tactics”) -> “art”

10. 纪录纪 (the “thread” radical 糸 -> “to handle threads” -> “to manage” -> “to

record”) + 录 (“to engrave”) -> “to record; to document” ■ 纪录片

13. 频道频 (“frequency”) + 道 (“road”) -> “(of TV, radio) channel” ■ 电视频道

14. 播播 (the “hand” radical -> “to sow the seeds [with a hand]” -> “to spread”

-> “to broadcast” ■ 播新闻；播体育节目

15. 新闻新 (“new”) + 闻 (“ear” 耳at the “door” 门 -> “to hear”) -> “news”

18. 引起引 (弓: pictograph “bow” + 1: shaped like an “arrow”-> “to draw a bow” ->

“to draw” + 起 (“up; arise”) -> “to draw up” -> “to incur; to cause; lead to”

20. 反对反 (“anti-, counter-” -> “to oppose”) + 对 (“to face”) -> “to face someone

or something in an opposing manner” ■ 反对吸烟

23. 模仿模 (the “wood” radical -> “wooden model”) + 仿 (the “person” radical ->

“human figurine” -> “example”) -> to imitate”

26. 火灾灾 (the “roof” radical + “fire” 火 -> “fire under the roof” -> “disaster”

29. 结果结 (the “thread; silk” 糸radical -> “knot [on a thread]” -> “end; to end”) +

果 (“fruit” as in 水果 -> “fruition” -> “result”) -> “result; as a result”

42. 完全完 (the “roof” radical -> “[all people] under one roof” -> “wholeness;

whole, complete”) + 全 (the altered “jade” radical 玉under a “shelter” 人

-> “intact jade” -> “whole; entire”) -> “completely, totally”

43. 找借口找 (“look for, seek”) + 借 (“to borrow”) + 口(“mouth”) -> “to borrow

another mouth to speak on behalf of you” -> “to look for an excuse”

44. 行为行 (classical Chinese, = 走 “to walk”) + 为 (classical Chinese, = 做 “to do”)

-> “the way one takes, the things one does” -> “behavior”

47. 威胁威 (= 畏, “to terrify”) + 胁 (“the side of the body” -> “the vulnerable part”)

-> “threat; to threaten”