峙 zhì to pile
to pile; to stack
怎么记住“峙”: 山 mountain + 寺 temple = to pile. Behind the old mountain temple, the monks carry stones all morning and slowly begin to pile them into a wall.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
峙 = 山 mountain + 寺 temple
- 山 mountain meaning
- 寺 temple sound
Behind the old mountain temple, the monks carry stones all morning and slowly begin to pile them into a wall.
How it came to be
The mountain gives the meaning and the part for temple gives the sound.
用法
- Bound; chiefly in 对峙 (duìzhì), to stand confronting each other, in a standoff: 两军对峙 (liǎng jūn duìzhì) two armies facing off.
- Used both militarily and figuratively for tense confrontation.