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一見鍾情

/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
to fall in love at first sight; love at first sight
  • 一见钟情
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Origin

The phrase is composed of four characters: 一 (one), 見 (to see), 鍾 (vessel for containing alcohol), and 情 (feeling, emotion, sentiment, or mood).

The character 見 is formed with the components 目 (eye) and 卩 (kneeling person). The character 情 consists of a semantic component 心 (heart) and a phonetic component 青 (blue-green, blue, or green). The phonetic component 青 is further composed of the phonetic elements 生 (to live, to subsist, or to exist) and 井 (well), where 生 itself contains the components 屮 (new birth of plant) and 一 (one).

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

一見鍾情是由四個漢字組成：一、見、鍾、情。其中「一」代表數字一；「見」意為看見，其字形包含「目」（眼睛）與「卩」（跪著的人）兩個部分；「鍾」指盛酒的容器；「情」則代表情感、情緒或心境。

在字形結構上，「情」字包含表示意義的「心」部，並以「青」作為聲音組成部分。而「青」字包含了「井」與「生」兩個聲音組成部分，其中「生」字則由「屮」（植物新生的樣子）與「一」組成。

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

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  • characterChinese一 “one”
  • characterChinese見 “to see”
    • componentChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
    • componentChinese卩 “kneeling person”
  • characterChinese鍾 “vessel for containing alcohol”
  • characterChinese情 “feeling; emotion; sentiment; mood”
    • meaningChinese心 “heart (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 個／个 c; 粒 mn)”
    • soundChinese青 “blue-green ("grue"); blue (of sky, stone etc.); green (of grass, plants, mountains etc.)”
      • soundChinese生 “to live; to subsist; to exist”
        • ideaChinese屮 “new birth of plant”
      • soundChinese井 “well (a hole sunk into the ground) (Classifier: 口; 眼)”
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Meanings

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  1. to fall in love at first sight; love at first sight

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 初次相見即產生愛慕。多指男女間之愛情。 例：他們倆一見鍾情，交往不到半年就結婚了。

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Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0