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Meaning of 翁

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翁
Pinyin: wēng
English Definition: elderly man; father; father-in-law; neck feathers of a bird (old)
Chinese Definition:
①老头儿:老翁。渔翁。“塞翁失马,焉知非福”。
②父亲:“家祭无忘告乃翁”。
③丈夫的父亲:翁姑(公婆)。
④妻子的父亲:翁婿。
⑤姓氏。
Total strokes: 10; Radical: 羽
Pictophonetic:公 indicates the sound; 羽 (feather) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 公 [ gōng ] fair, equitable; public; duke
    • 羽 [ yǔ ] feather, plume; wings
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Example Words
主人翁 zhǔ rén wēng master (of the house); main character in a novel etc; hero or heroine
富翁 fù wēng rich person; millionaire; billionaire
老翁 lǎo wēng old man
醉翁之意不在酒 zuì wēng zhī yì bù zài jiǔ wine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom); a drinker not really interested in alcohol; having an ulterior motive; to have other things in mind; with an ax to grind; accomplishing something besides what one set out to do
翁婿 wēng xù father-in-law (wife's father) and son-in-law
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Example Sentences
1
阿利翁
。
梯纳是非洲人权组织的主席
,
他已与许多目前住在塞内加尔的哈布雷统治下的幸存者接触
。
Alioune Tine is president of the African Human Rights Organization and has worked with many survivors of Habre's rule who now live in Senegal.
2
泰翁认为
:
真理要通过人类来实现
;
但爱因斯坦却坚持
:
科学的真理具有一种超乎人类的客观性
。
Respected Tagore considered: " To realize the truth needs passing through mankind, but Einstein persists in: '' The scientific truth has a kind of objectivity exceeding mankind.
3
他发现了一些庞然大物
,
包括一棵叫许珀里翁的树
。
此树高
379
英尺
,
被认为是地球上最高的树
,
是他与另外一个树木猎手在
2006年
发现的
。
He has discovered some whoppers, including the Hyperion, believed to be the tallest tree on the planet at 379 feet, which he found with another tree hunter in 2006.
4
“
这对温州人很有利
”
,
翁说
,
因为
“
人们都认为温州人有很多资源而且能完成那些让别人头疼的工程
。
"It helps being from Wenzhou," says Weng, because "people just assume that Wenzhounese have the resources to complete the projects they're pitching.
5
布吉尼翁说
:
“
有一些具备这些条件的国家
,
在基础设施和人力开发方面需要大量的投资
,
而且已经有显著成果
”
。
"There are several countries that meet these criteria, have massive needs for investment in infrastructure and human development, and already show strong results," Bourguignon says.