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至關重要

/ʈ͡ʂɻ̩⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
extremely important; crucial
  • 至关重要
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Origin

The phrase is composed of the characters 至, meaning "to reach; to arrive," and 關, meaning "door bolt." The character 關 contains the semantic component 門, meaning "gate; door; entrance; opening; portal," and the phonetic component 𢇅.

It also includes the character 重, meaning "heavy," and 要, meaning "to demand; to ask; to request." The character 重 consists of the semantic component 人, meaning "man; person; people," and the phonetic component 東, meaning "east."

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

至關重要由四個漢字組成。其中「至」的意思是到達；「關」的原意為門栓，包含表示門、入口或門戶的意符「門」，並以「𢇅」作為音符；「重」的意思是沉重，由表示人的意符「人」與音符「東」組成；「要」則有要求、請求或索求的意思。

從字形結構來看，這個詞組透過「至」、「關」、「重」與「要」四個字結合而成。

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

Lineage

  • characterChinese至 “to reach; to arrive”
  • characterChinese關 “door bolt”
    • meaningChinese門 “gate; door; entrance; opening; portal (Classifier: 扇 m mn; 道 m c; 度 c; 條／条 c; 隻／只 c; 片 mn)”
    • soundChinese𢇅
  • characterChinese重 “heavy”
    • meaningChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
    • soundChinese東 “east”
  • characterChinese要 “to demand; to ask; to request”
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Meanings

phrase
  1. extremely important; crucial

Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0