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The character 偶 combines the person radical 亻 on the left with the phonetic component 禺 on the right, forming a phono-semantic structure. It originally meant a physical human image, such as an idol, puppet, or funerary statue. Since such statues were often made in pairs or to resemble a specific person, its meaning extended to include a mate, companion, or even number. This concept of pairing later broadened to encompass coincidence or accidental occurrence, shifting from physical pairs to the chance intersection of events.
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我偶尔去公园散步。
他是我的偶像。
我偶然遇到了老朋友。
二是一个偶数。
她收集了很多玩偶。
我的配偶非常支持我。
这种疾病是偶发的，并不常见。
在偶然的情况下，我们发现了这个秘密。