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軒然大波

/ɕy̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɻän³⁵ tä⁵¹ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
great disturbance or uproar
  • 轩然大波
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Origin

軒 refers to a type of high-fronted, curtained carriage used in ancient China. This character contains the semantic component 車 (land vehicle) and the phonetic component 干 (to concern; to be implicated in).

然 is the original form of 燃 (to burn). It is formed with the semantic component 火 (fire; flame) and the phonetic component 肰 (dog meat). The component 肰 itself consists of the semantic components 肉 (meat; flesh) and 犬 (dog).

大 means of great size, big, large, or huge. The final character, 波, means wave or breaker. It is formed with the semantic component 水 (water) and the phonetic component 皮 (skin; peel; shell; rind).

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

「軒然大波」由四個字組成。「軒」指古代一種高前且有帷幕的車駕，其字形包含表示陸地車輛的「車」作為意義組成部分，並以「干」作為聲音組成部分。「然」是「燃」的原型，由表示火焰的「火」作為意義組成部分，並以「肰」作為聲音組成部分，而「肰」則是由「肉」與「犬」組成。

「大」表示巨大、大、大或龐大。「波」指波浪或破浪，由表示水的「水」作為意義組成部分，並以「皮」作為聲音組成部分。

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

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  • characterChinese軒 “a kind of high-fronted, curtained carriage in ancient China, especially used by nobles”
    • meaningChinese車 “land vehicle; (specifically) car (Classifier: 輛／辆 m; 部 m c; 臺／台 m mn; 架 c; 頂／顶 mn; 張／张 mn-t; 乘 m)”
    • soundChinese干 “to concern; to be implicated in; implication”
  • characterChinese然 “original form of 燃 (rán, “to burn”)”
    • soundChinese肰 “dog meat”
      • meaningChinese肉 “meat; flesh”
      • meaningChinese犬 “dog”
    • meaningChinese火 “fire; flame (Classifier: 把 m; 團／团 m)”
  • characterChinese大 “of great size; big; large; huge”
  • characterChinese波 “wave; breaker”
    • meaningChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
    • soundChinese皮 “skin; peel; shell; rind (Classifier: 塊／块 m c; 層／层 m c)”
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Meanings

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  1. great disturbance or uproar

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 高高湧起的巨大波浪。軒然大波比喻重大的糾紛或風潮。 例：這個消息經報端披露後，在輿論界掀起軒然大波。

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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