The Chinese word 践踏 (jiàntà), meaning "to trample" or "to violate," is a typical example of a disyllabic compound formed through synonym pairing. It is composed of two semantically similar characters: 践 (jiàn), which originally means "to tread upon" or "to fulfill," and 踏 (tà), which means "to step on" or "to stamp." Both characters share the "foot" radical (足), anchoring their meaning in physical action involving the feet. By combining these two near-synonyms, the compound creates a more vivid and emphatic meaning than either character alone, intensifying the sense of crushing underfoot and extending metaphorically to concepts like violating rights or disrespecting principles. This pattern of combining analogous characters to reinforce or specify a meaning is a fundamental method of word formation in modern Chinese.