TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 詞
城邦
ㄔㄥˊ ㄅㄤ · chéngbāng
noun — city-state
字源 FORM — what the parts do
城city; city wall (城市的城)chéng土(earth/dirt) + 成(phonetic chéng) — completed earthen walls enclosing a settlement
邦state; domain (邦國的邦)bāng丰(abundant crops, phonetic fēng→bāng, drift) + 邑(settlement, 阝right) — an abundant, settled domain
城邦，城市的城，邦國的邦。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
土牆（土→城中的土）圍住聚落（邑→邦中的阝），豐饒（丰→邦中的丰）自治——那叫城邦。
Earth walls (土 in 城) encircling a settlement (邑 in 邦), prosperous and self-governing (丰 in 邦) — that is a city-state.
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