phrase; fixed expression
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
phrase; multi-word lexical unit
neutralA grammatical term referring to a group of words that function as a single unit in a sentence, but lacks a subject-predicate structure (which would make it a clause). Often used interchangeably with '词组' in linguistics.
'
huán环
jìng境
bǎo保
hù护
'
shì是
yī一
gè个
cháng常
jiàn见
de的
duǎn短
yǔ语
。
'Environmental protection' is a common phrase.
Zài在
xué学
xí习
yǔ语
fǎ法
shí时
，
wǒ我
men们
xū需
yào要
qū区
fēn分
duǎn短
yǔ语
hé和
jù句
zi子
。
When learning grammar, we need to distinguish between phrases and sentences.
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Zhè这
gè个
duǎn短
yǔ语
kě可
yǐ以
chōng充
dāng当
jù句
zi子
de的
bīn宾
yǔ语
。
This phrase can function as the object of the sentence.
Chéng成
yǔ语
hé和
guàn惯
yòng用
yǔ语
dōu都
shì是
gù固
dìng定
duǎn短
yǔ语
。
Idioms and colloquialisms are both fixed phrases.