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挺身而出

/tʰiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/
to step forward bravely in an unjust or perilous situation
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    Origin

    The phrase is formed by the characters 挺 (straight; erect), 身 (body), 而 (and, used to connect two clauses or adjectives), and 出 (to go out; to leave; to exit).

    In the character 挺, the component 手 (hand) is a semantic component and 廷 (palace courtyard; court of a feudal lord) is a phonetic component. The character 廷 contains the semantic component 廴 (to stride) and the phonetic component 𡈼, which is the original form of 挺. The character 出 is formed with the components 止 (foot) and 凵 (to open one's mouth).

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

    「挺身而出」由「挺」、「身」、「而」與「出」四個字組成。其中，「挺」字包含表示「手」的語義成分，以及表示「宮廷」的「廷」字作為音符；而「廷」字則由表示「邁步」的「廴」字與作為「挺」字原始形態的「𡈼」組成。根據字形結構，「挺」字具有「筆直」或「挺拔」的意思。

    在組成成分方面，「身」代表身體，「而」作為連接詞使用。而「出」字則由「止」（腳）與「凵」（張開口）這兩個成分構成，意指「出去」、「離開」或「出場」。

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

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    • characterChinese挺 “straight; erect”
      • meaningChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 雙／双 m mn; 對／对 c)”
      • soundChinese廷 “palace courtyard; court of a feudal lord”
        • meaningChinese廴 “to stride”
        • soundChinese𡈼 “original form of 挺 (tǐng)”
    • characterChinese身 “body”
    • characterChinese而 “and (used to connect two clauses or adjectives)”
    • characterChinese出 “to go out; to leave; to exit”
      • ideaChinese止 “foot”
      • ideaChinese凵 “to open one's mouth”
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    Meanings

    phrase
    1. to step forward bravely in an unjust or perilous situation

    國語辭典 definitions

    1. 毫不畏縮，勇敢的站出來承擔責任。 例：遇到紛爭，他總是挺身而出，善加勸解。

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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