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The character 件 is composed of the human radical 亻 on the left and the ox radical 牛 on the right, an arrangement that originally depicted a person cutting up a cow. This act of division suggested the idea of creating distinct, countable pieces, which is the semantic core of the character. From this agricultural beginning, 件 evolved into a common measure word, used to count a wide range of individual items: articles of clothing, pieces of luggage, items of business, and components of machinery.
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这件衣服很漂亮。
我收到了你的邮件。
请你把这份文件打印出来。
这个案件正在调查中。
你需要满足几个基本条件。
那起事件引起了公众的广泛关注。
这台机器的零件需要更换。
他仔细地清点了库房里的所有物件。
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