The Chinese word "制裁" (zhìcái) is a compound formed by the combination of two distinct but semantically related characters: "制," meaning to control, restrict, or systemize, and "裁," meaning to judge, decide, or cut down. Together, they create a binome where the first character denotes the action of imposing control, and the second character carries the sense of a judicial or authoritative decision. The resulting term thus synthesizes the concept of an authoritative judgment that leads to restrictive punitive measures, specifically referring to "sanctions" in legal, diplomatic, or disciplinary contexts. This formation follows a common pattern in Mandarin where two morphemes with complementary meanings are joined to express a more complex, abstract idea.