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Chinese

字裡行間

/t͡sɹ̩⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
between the lines
  • 字裏行間
  • 字里行间
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Origin

此詞由「字」、「裡」、「行」、「間」四個字組成。「字」字包含表示深宅大院的「宀」作為意符,並以「子」作為音符。「裡」字則由表示衣服的「衣」作為意符,並以「里」作為音符,其中「里」字包含「田」與「土」兩個部件。

至於「行」字是由「彳」與「亍」組成。「間」字則是指涉特定的時間或空間。透過這些字組合成詞,用以描述字句之間,或文章所隱含的情感與思想。

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

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  • characterChinese字 “letter; symbol; character, especially a Chinese character (Classifier: 個/个 m c; 隻/只 c)”
    • meaningChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
    • soundChinese子 “child; offspring; descendant”
  • characterChinese裡 “in; inside”
    • meaningChinese衣 “garment; clothes; clothing (Classifier: 件)”
    • soundChinese里 “li (a unit of distance equal to half a kilometre in modern Mainland China)”
      • ideaChinese田 “farmland (Classifier: 塊/块 m c)”
      • ideaChinese土 “earth; soil”
  • characterChinese行 “to walk”
    • componentChinese彳 “to walk slowly”
    • componentChinese亍 “to stop; to stand still”
  • characterChinese間 “within a definite time period or place”
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Meanings

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  1. between the lines

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 字句之間。亦指文章所流露出的思想情感。語本南朝梁.簡文帝〈答新渝侯和詩書〉。 例:這封讀者投書的字裡行間,充滿著一股不平之氣。

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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