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The character "违", whose traditional form is 違, originates from the concept of departure or divergence in a spatial sense. Its construction combines the semantic component 辶, which denotes movement or travel, with the phonetic and suggestive component 韋, which historically represented "to go contrary to" or "to oppose", itself depicting encircling feet. This combination yielded the core meaning of turning away from or acting against a given path or directive. Over time, this physical sense of divergence broadened into more abstract applications, coming to signify the violation of rules, the disobedience of orders, or the transgression of agreements, thereby shifting from a description of physical orientation to one of conflict with established norms or wills.
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不要违反规则。
他的行为违反了法律。
你不能违背自己的承诺。
违抗命令会受到处罚。
他的做法违背了基本原则。
这项规定不得违反环境保护法。
双方均不得无故违约。
他宁愿辞职也不愿违背自己的良心。