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办学

bànxué

to run a school; to provide education

A person welcomes two children at a school door
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Characters in this word

办 bàn

Strokes
4
Radical
力 — strength, power
Made of
力 strength, power 八 eight
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

学 xué

Strokes
8
Radical
子 — son, child
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 这所大学坚持公益办学,不愿把录取标准完全交给市场逻辑。 Zhè suǒ dàxué jiānchí gōngyì bànxué, bú yuàn bǎ lùqǔ biāozhǔn wánquán jiāo gěi shìchǎng luójí. This university insists on running education for the public good and is unwilling to hand admissions standards entirely over to market logic.
  • 他退休以后在老家办学,免费教村里的孩子读书。 Tā tuìxiū yǐhòu zài lǎojiā bànxué, miǎnfèi jiāo cūn lǐ de háizi dúshū. After retiring, he started a school in his hometown and teaches the village children for free.
  • 这家机构专门为外来务工人员的子女办学。 Zhè jiā jīgòu zhuānmén wèi wàilái wùgōng rényuán de zǐnǚ bànxué. This organisation runs a school especially for the children of migrant workers.

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