匪 fěi bandits
bandits; robbers; gangsters
怎么记住“匪”: 匚 side box + 非 not = bandits. The café's side box for tips was said to be not breakable at all, yet one night it is smashed open by bandits.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
匪 = 匚 side box + 非 not
- 匚 side box meaning
- 非 not sound
The café's side box for tips was said to be not breakable at all, yet one night it is smashed open by bandits.
How it came to be
The box gives the meaning and the part for not the sound.
用法
- A bandit/outlaw: 土匪 (tǔfěi) bandit, 匪徒 (fěitú) gangster, 匪帮 (fěibāng) a criminal gang.
- Also a literary/negating 'not' in fixed phrases: 匪夷所思 (fěiyísuǒsī) unimaginably bizarre, 受益匪浅 (shòuyì-fěiqiǎn) to benefit not a little (i.e. greatly).
- Two very different jobs: 'bandit' (common) vs. classical 'not/non-' (only in set idioms).