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政党

zhèngdǎng

political party

Voters drop ballots into a box in front of a rostrum with flags
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Characters in this word

政 zhèng

Strokes
9
Radical
攵 — to rap, to tap
Made of
正 straight, right, proper, correct, just, true 攵 to rap, to tap
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 政

党 dǎng

Strokes
10
Radical
儿 — son, child
Made of
尚 still, yet 兄 elder brother
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这个政党试图把环保议题从边缘议程提升为核心政策。 Zhè ge zhèngdǎng shìtú bǎ huánbǎo yìtí cóng biānyuán yìchéng tíshēng wéi héxīn zhèngcè. This political party is trying to raise environmental issues from the margins to the centre of policy.
  • 这次大选有五个政党参加,竞争十分激烈。 Zhè cì dàxuǎn yǒu wǔ ge zhèngdǎng cānjiā, jìngzhēng shífēn jīliè. Five political parties are taking part in this general election, and the competition is fierce.
  • 各个政党在电视上阐述了自己的经济政策。 Gè ge zhèngdǎng zài diànshì shàng chǎnshù le zìjǐ de jīngjì zhèngcè. Each political party presented its economic policies on television.

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