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引领

yǐnlǐng

to lead; to guide

A guide with a lantern leading a line of people along a path
Memory picture

Characters in this word

引 yǐn

Strokes
4
Radical
弓 — bow
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

领 lǐng

Strokes
11
Radical
页 — page, sheet, leaf
Made of
令 command, decree, order 页 page, sheet, leaf
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这位学者试图以跨学科的方法引领关于城市韧性的讨论。 Zhè wèi xuézhě shìtú yǐ kuà xuékē de fāngfǎ yǐnlǐng guānyú chéngshì rènxìng de tǎolùn. This scholar attempted to lead the discussion on urban resilience through an interdisciplinary approach.
  • 这家公司凭借新技术引领了整个行业的发展。 Zhè jiā gōngsī píngjiè xīn jìshù yǐnlǐng le zhěnggè hángyè de fāzhǎn. With its new technology, this company led the development of the entire industry.
  • 在向导的引领下,我们平安地走出了山谷。 Zài xiàngdǎo de yǐnlǐng xià, wǒmen píng'ān de zǒu chū le shāngǔ. Under the guide's leadership, we safely made our way out of the valley.

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