The ancient Chinese character "瓜" in the bronzescript was the image of a melon growing in the ramification of tendrils. The outer part of the Chinese pictogram for "瓜" looked like a vine, and the inner part looked like fruit. This character represented a melon on the vine. When people eat melons, they often cut them along the natural lines, and thus the Chinese expression "瓜分", meaning partition. Later "瓜分" has been used to refer to superpowers getting together to divide the lands of small and economically underdeveloped countries.
字义:
melon
组词:
西瓜: xīguā/watermelon
瓜子:guāzǐ/melon seeds
瓜农:guānóng/melon farmer
瓜蔓:guāmàn/melon vine
瓜葛:guāgě/connection
瓜分:guāfēn/divide
例句:
1、他刚买的西瓜真甜! Tā gāng mǎi de xīguā zhēn tián! The watermelon he just bought is pretty sweet.
2、别看我,我和这件事没有瓜葛。 Bié kàn wǒ, wǒ hé zhè jiàn shì méiyóu guāgě. Don't look at me. I have nothing to do with this.
3、战争结束后,胜利者瓜分了这里的石油。 Zhànzhēng jiéshù hòu, shènglìzhě guāfēn le zhèlǐ de shíyóu. The conquerors divided the petroleum here after the war.