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一定不易

/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ tiŋ⁵¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹/
unalterable
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    Origin

    The phrase 一定不易 is composed of four characters: 一 (one), 定 (stable; steady; fixed), 不 (not; un-; in-; il-; im-; ir-), and 易. In its original form, 易 is the precursor to 賜／赐 (cì, “to give; to bestow”).

    The character 定 consists of a semantic component 宀, which refers to a type of deep house with a roof, a main hall, and walls on all four sides, and a phonetic component 正. The character 正 is itself formed from the semantic component 止 (foot) and the phonetic component 丁 (the fourth of the ten heavenly stems).

    Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

    「一定不易」這個詞出自《淮南子·主術訓》，用來表示不可改變。在字形結構上，這個詞由「一」、「定」、「不」、「易」四個字組成。「一」代表數字一；「不」表示否定；「易」則是「賜」或「赐」的原型。

    其中「定」字包含意義成分「宀」（一種有四壁、屋頂與大廳的深宅），以及聲音成分「正」。而在「正」字的結構中，包含意義成分「止」（腳）以及聲音成分「丁」（十天干中的第四位）。

    Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

    Lineage

    • characterChinese一 “one”
    • characterChinese定 “stable; steady; fixed”
      • meaningChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
      • soundChinese正 “straight; upright in proper position; middle”
        • soundChinese丁 “the fourth of the ten heavenly stems”
        • meaningChinese止 “foot”
    • characterChinese不 “not; un-; in-; il-; im-; ir-”
    • characterChinese易 “original form of 賜／赐 (cì, “to give; to bestow”)”
    Wiktionary etymology text

    From 《淮南子·主術訓》.

    From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Meanings

    phrase
    1. unalterable

    Sources

    • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
    • Written form — n/a
    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
    • Wiktionary: 一定不易