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Chinese

自給自足

/t͡sɹ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɹ̩⁵¹ t͡su³⁵/
to be self-supporting and self-sufficient; autarky
  • 自给自足
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Origin

The phrase is formed from the characters 自, meaning self, oneself, or one's own; 給, meaning to give; and 足, meaning foot.

The character 給 is composed of the semantic component 糸, meaning thin silk, and the phonetic component 合, meaning to close or to shut. The component 合 is further formed from 亼, meaning mouth, and 口, meaning mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity. The component 亼 is composed of 入, meaning to enter or to go into, and 一, meaning one.

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

「自給自足」是由「自」、「給」與「足」三個字組成。其中「自」代表自己、自身或自己的；「足」代表腳。這個詞組透過這些字元的組合，表達出獨立維持生活所需的意思。

在字形結構上，「給」字包含表示意義的「糸」（細絲）成分，以及表示聲音的「合」成分。而「合」字則是由「亼」（口）與「口」組成，其中「亼」進一步由「一」與「入」（進入）構成。透過這些字元的結構，構成了「給」這個字。

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

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  • characterChinese自 “self, oneself; one's own”
  • characterChinese給 “to give”
    • meaningChinese糸 “thin silk”
    • 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足 “foot”
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Meanings

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  1. to be self-supporting and self-sufficient; autarky

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 生產和消費維持平衡，可以獨立營生，不必仰賴他人。 例：農業社會裡，大多數的農家都可以自給自足。

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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