Definitions
(verb)
to station (troops); to store up
(noun)
village
Etymology
Depicts a recently germinated plant. Based on the original meaning "sprout". The meaning later expanded to "gather", "guard", "station", and "village".
About
The character 屯 is a pictograph of a recently germinated plant pushing its way upward through the earth, originally meaning "sprout". The effort of the shoot to break through the soil suggested accumulation and pressure, so the meaning expanded to "gather", "amass", and "store". In military language, this idea of massing forces led to the senses of stationing troops and setting up a guard, "station" and "guard". Eventually, the term for a fortified camp came to mean any village or farming community where people live clustered together.
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部队在山脚下安营屯兵。
这里以前是个屯垦戍边的地方。
他们在边境线上屯驻了重兵。
这个屯子里的居民都很热情。
农民们在地窖里屯了许多粮食。
政府下令屯粮以备不时之需。
他在电脑里屯了很多电影。
我们要为过冬屯一些蔬菜。
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