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各行各業

/kɤ⁵¹ xɑŋ³⁵ kɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
all walks of life, with special reference to occupation; every trade; all professions; all classes of society
  • TOCFL 6
  • 各行各业
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Origin

The phrase 各行各業 is formed from the characters 各, 行, and 業. The character 各 functions as a determiner meaning each or every. It is composed of the components 夂, meaning to approach from behind, and 口, meaning mouth.

The character 行 means to walk and contains the components 彳, meaning to walk slowly, and 亍, meaning to stop or to stand still. The character 業 means profession, business, or trade, and is composed of 丵, meaning grass that grows in clusters or thickly growing grass, and 大, meaning big, large, or huge.

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

這個詞彙由「各」、「行」與「業」三個字組成。「各」作為限定詞，表示「每一」或「每個」，其字形包含「夂」（意為從後面接近）與「口」（指嘴巴，特別是嘴唇與口腔內部）這兩個組成部分。「行」的意思是「行走」，其字形由「彳」（意為緩慢行走）與「亍」（意為停止或站立）所構成。

而「業」則代表「職業」、「生意」或「貿易」。在字形組成上，「業」包含了「丵」（意為叢生的草）以及「大」（意為巨大或大型）這兩個部分。透過這些字元的組合，該詞彙用來描述社會中各個不同的專業領域與職業群體。

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

Lineage

  • characterChinese各 “each; every (determiner)”
    • ideaChinese夂 “to approach from behind”
    • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
  • characterChinese行 “to walk”
    • componentChinese彳 “to walk slowly”
    • componentChinese亍 “to stop; to stand still”
  • characterChinese業 “profession; business; trade”
    • ideaChinese丵 “grass that grow in clusters; thickly growing grass”
    • ideaChinese大 “of great size; big; large; huge”
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Meanings

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  1. all walks of life, with special reference to occupation; every trade; all professions; all classes of society

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 各種不同的行業。泛指所有行業。 例：政府設立職業學校的主旨，在於培養各行各業的專門人才。

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Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
  • 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