The more I study Mandarin the more I appreciate how logical the language is.
Here are a few examples:
Patriotism: 爱国 (ai guo)
爱 ai means love and 国 guo means country.
So patriotism in Chinese is literally "love country".
Significant: 重要 (zhong yao)
重 (zhong) means considerable and 要 (yao) means importance.
Classroom: 教师 (jiao shi)
教 (jiao) means instruct or teach and 师 (shi) mean room.
So the classroom is the instruction room.
Innovation: 革新 (ge xin)
革 (ge) means change or transform
新(xin) means new
受骗 (shou pian): means to be deceived or fooled
受 (shou) means suffer and 骗 (pian) means cheat or swindle
People who are deceived are suffering after being swindled.
As I learn to read and recognize more characters, I am often able to deduce the meaning from new words because I know one part of the character. Thankful for my increasing literacy level.
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