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社会主义

shèhuìzhǔyì

socialism

People working together in a large shared field
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Characters in this word

社 shè

Strokes
7
Radical
礻 — spirit
Made of
礻 spirit 土 soil, earth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

会 huì

Strokes
6
Radical
人 — man, person
Made of
人 man, person 云 cloud
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

主 zhǔ

Strokes
5
Radical
丶 — dot
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
More about the character 主

义 yì

Strokes
3
Radical
丿 — falling stroke
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 义

Example phrases

  • 这门课程重点讨论社会主义思想在不同历史阶段的演变。 Zhè mén kèchéng zhòngdiǎn tǎolùn shèhuì zhǔyì sīxiǎng zài bùtóng lìshǐ jiēduàn de yǎnbiàn. This course focuses on the evolution of socialist thought across different historical stages.
  • 这本书介绍了社会主义理论的历史发展。 Zhè běn shū jièshào le shèhuìzhǔyì lǐlùn de lìshǐ fāzhǎn. This book introduces the historical development of socialist theory.
  • 讨论课上,同学们比较了几种社会主义学说的观点。 Tǎolùn kè shàng, tóngxuémen bǐjiào le jǐ zhǒng shèhuìzhǔyì xuéshuō de guāndiǎn. In the discussion class, the students compared the views of several socialist doctrines.

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