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Chinese

恰到好處

/t͡ɕʰi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
it's perfect; it's just right
  • 恰到好处
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Origin

這個詞由四個漢字組成。其中「恰」字表示「正好;恰好」,由表示「心」的語義成分與表示「合」的音符組成;而「合」字則包含「口」與「亼」兩個部分,其中「亼」又由「一」與「入」組成。

其餘部分包含「到」字,意為「到達目的地;達到」,由語義成分「至」與音符「刀」組成。「好」字表示「好;良好」,由「女」與「子」兩個成分構成。「處」字則有「居住;棲身」之意,由語義成分「夂」與「几」以及音符「虍」組成。

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

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  • characterChinese恰 “exactly; just”
    • meaningChinese心 “heart (Classifier: 顆/颗 m; 個/个 c; 粒 mn)”
    • soundChinese合 “to close; to shut”
      • ideaChinese亼 “mouth”
        • ideaChinese入 “to enter; to go into”
        • ideaChinese一 “one”
      • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
  • characterChinese到 “to arrive at a destination; to reach a destination; to get to”
    • meaningChinese至 “to reach; to arrive”
    • soundChinese刀 “knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張/张 c h; 叢/丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)”
  • characterChinese好 “good; well”
    • ideaChinese女 “woman; (only of humans in Standard Chinese) female”
    • ideaChinese子 “child; offspring; descendant”
  • characterChinese處 “to reside; to live; to dwell”
    • soundChinese虍 “pattern of tiger fur”
    • meaningChinese夂 “to approach from behind”
    • meaningChinese几 “stool; chair”
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Meanings

phrase
  1. it's perfect; it's just right

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 剛好到最合適的程度。 例:她這道菜的火候拿捏得恰到好處。

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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