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造 is a phonosemantic compound: 辶 (chuò, walk/movement) conveys the meaning, and 告 (gào, tell/announce) provides the sound. It originally meant "to go to" or "to arrive at" a destination, which aligns with the movement radical. Some interpretations suggest that 告 also implied reporting upon arrival. The primary meaning later shifted to "make, construct, or create", likely stemming from the notion of going somewhere to establish or build something, giving rise to today's senses of manufacturing and inventing.
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老师让我们造句。
这家工厂制造汽车。
他们建造了一座新桥。
他创造了一个新纪录。
我们计划造访那位教授。
这部电影塑造了英雄形象。
造假行为是不可接受的。
这项发明造福了全人类。
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