The word 得分 is formed by combining two meaningful characters: 得, which means "to obtain" or "to get", and 分, which means "points" or "a fractional share". When placed together, they create a new, composite concept where the action of the first character (得, to get) is directly applied to the object of the second character (分, points), resulting in the literal and intuitive meaning of "to obtain points", or more naturally, "to score". This formation follows a common pattern in Chinese where a verb-object relationship is embedded within a single compound word to express a unified action or result.