Chinese

屢見不鮮

/ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

common occurrence; nothing new

屡见不鲜

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Origin

The phrase 屢見不鮮 refers to a common occurrence or something that is nothing new. According to the MOE Dictionary, the expression originates from the "Records of the Grand Historian" (史記．卷九七．陸賈傳), where the character 鮮 denotes something new or novel. When used in this context, the phrase describes something seen so frequently that it is no longer surprising.

The phrase is constructed from several characters. 屢 means repeatedly or frequently; it contains the semantic component 尸 (a living person representing a dead person during a rite) and the phonetic component 婁. The character 見 means to see and is composed of the components 目 (eye) and 卩 (kneeling person). 不 means not.

The character 鮮, meaning seafood or aquatic food, contains the component 魚 (fish) and the phonetic component 羴. The character 婁, used phonetically in 屢, is composed of components including 爪 (claw, talon, or paw), 母 (mother), 女 (woman), and 角 (horn or antler), as well as 中 (middle or center).

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

「屢見不鮮」由四個漢字組成。其中「屢」意為「屢次、經常」，其字形包含表示祭祀中代表死者的「尸」作為意符，以及「婁」作為音符。而「婁」字包含「爪」、「母」、「女」等成分，並以「角」作為音符。

「見」字包含「目」與「卩」兩個部分。「不」字表示否定。

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

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characterChinese屢 “repeatedly; frequently”
- meaningChinese尸 “a living person who represents the dead person during a rite”
- soundChinese婁 “the constellation Lóu, one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions”
  - meaningChinese爪 “claw (of animal, bird); talon; paw; nail”
  - ideaChinese母 “mother”
  - soundChinese角 “horn; antler”
  - ideaChinese中 “middle; center”
  - meaningChinese女 “woman; (only of humans in Standard Chinese) female”
characterChinese見 “to see”
- componentChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
- componentChinese卩 “kneeling person”
characterChinese不 “not; un-; in-; il-; im-; ir-”
characterChinese鮮 “seafood; aquatic food”
- meaningChinese魚 “fish (Classifier: 條／条 m c h j mb x; 尾 m h mn mn-t; 隻／只 g mn x; 頭／头 mb md; 梗 w)”
- soundChinese羴 “rank odor of sheep or goat”
- ideaChinese羊 “caprid (e.g. sheep, goat, antelope, etc.) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)”

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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

Origin

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

「見」字包含「目」與「卩」兩個部分。「不」字表示否定。

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

Lineage

characterChinese屢 “repeatedly; frequently”
- meaningChinese尸 “a living person who represents the dead person during a rite”
- soundChinese婁 “the constellation Lóu, one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions”
  - meaningChinese爪 “claw (of animal, bird); talon; paw; nail”
  - ideaChinese母 “mother”
  - soundChinese角 “horn; antler”
  - ideaChinese中 “middle; center”
  - meaningChinese女 “woman; (only of humans in Standard Chinese) female”
characterChinese見 “to see”
- componentChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
- componentChinese卩 “kneeling person”
characterChinese不 “not; un-; in-; il-; im-; ir-”
characterChinese鮮 “seafood; aquatic food”
- meaningChinese魚 “fish (Classifier: 條／条 m c h j mb x; 尾 m h mn mn-t; 隻／只 g mn x; 頭／头 mb md; 梗 w)”
- soundChinese羴 “rank odor of sheep or goat”
- ideaChinese羊 “caprid (e.g. sheep, goat, antelope, etc.) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)”