The word 对方 is formed by combining the character 对, which often carries meanings of correspondence, opposition, or mutual facing, with the character 方, meaning direction, side, or party. Together, they conceptually create the image of "the opposite direction" or "the other side", directly conveying the idea of a counterpart, the person or party situated across from you, whether in physical space, in a conversation, or in a symmetrical relationship. It is a concise, ideographic construction where the sum of the parts visually and logically points to "the other party in a pair".