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所作所為

/su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
everything one does
  • 所作所爲
  • 所作所为
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The phrase captures the totality of a person's actions, reflected through its components of place, movement, and accomplishment.
The phrase captures the totality of a person's actions, reflected through its components of place, movement, and accomplishment.

Origin

The phrase 所作所為 is composed of three characters: 所, 作, and 為. According to the MOE Dictionary, it refers to 所做的事情.

The character 所 means "place; location." It contains the semantic component 斤 (a traditional unit of weight equal to 0.5 kilograms) and the phonetic component 戶 ("door"). The character 作 means "to get up (from a place)" and is formed with the semantic component 人 ("man; person; people") and the phonetic component 乍 ("suddenly").

The character 為 is the simplified form of 爲, meaning "to do; to accomplish; to take action." It contains the components 又 ("again; once more") and 象 ("elephant").

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

「所作所為」由三個漢字組成。其中「所」字代表地點或位置，其字形包含表示重量單位「斤」的意符，以及表示聲音的「戶」字；「作」字意為從某處起身，由表示人的「人」字與表示聲音的「乍」字組成；「為」字則意指去做、完成或採取行動，它是「爲」字的簡化形式，字形中包含「又」與「象」兩個組成部分。

在字形結構上，「為」與其繁體形式「爲」皆由「又」與「象」組成。這個詞組透過這些漢字的組合，用來描述一個人所做的一切行為。

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

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  • characterChinese所 “place; location”
    • soundChinese戶 “door”
    • meaningChinese斤 “catty or jin, a traditional unit of weight, equal to 0.5 kilograms”
  • characterChinese作 “to get up (from a place)”
    • meaningChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
    • soundChinese乍 “suddenly”
  • characterChinese為 “to do; to accomplish; to take action”
    • simplified fromChinese爲
    • ideaChinese又 “again; once more”
    • ideaChinese象 “elephant (Classifier: 頭／头 m; 隻／只 m c mn)”
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Meanings

phrase
  1. everything one does

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 所做的事情。 例：每個人都應該對自己的所作所為負責。

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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