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重组

chóngzǔ

to reorganise; to restructure; restructuring

A person builds colourful blocks into a new tower beside toppled pieces.
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Characters in this word

重 zhòng

Strokes
9
Radical
里 — inside
Made of
千 thousand 里 inside
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

组 zǔ

Strokes
8
Radical
纟 — silk
Made of
纟 silk 且 moreover, also (post-subject)
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 公司债务过高,董事会决定重组业务并出售非核心资产。 Gōngsī zhàiwù guò gāo, dǒngshìhuì juédìng chóngzǔ yèwù bìng chūshòu fēi héxīn zīchǎn. The company's debt was too high, so the board decided to restructure the business and sell non-core assets.
  • 两家公司决定重组,合并成一个新集团。 Liǎng jiā gōngsī juédìng chóngzǔ, hébìng chéng yí ge xīn jítuán. The two companies decided to restructure and merge into a new group.
  • 球队赛季中期重组了阵容,成绩很快好转。 Qiúduì sàijì zhōngqī chóngzǔ le zhènróng, chéngjì hěn kuài hǎozhuǎn. The team reshuffled its lineup mid-season, and results soon improved.

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