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The character 饵, whose traditional form is 餌, is structurally composed of the semantic component 食, meaning food, and the phonetic component 耳, which provides a sound clue. Its etymology points to an early meaning of general food or nourishment, but the semantic focus shifted over centuries to specify bait used for catching fish or animals, and metaphorically, to any device or means of enticement. The simplified form 饵 maintains the phonetic 耳 while altering the semantic radical to its abbreviated form 饣.
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用鱼饵来钓鱼。
这个鱼饵很香。
他在鱼钩上挂好饵。
商人用优惠作饵。
不要轻信骗子的诱饵。
这款新产品是市场的香饵。
投资高回报往往是陷阱的饵。
他的承诺不过是政治权谋的饵料。