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The word 全体 is formed through the logical combination of its two constituent characters: 全 (quán), meaning "whole", "complete", or "entire", and 体 (tǐ), meaning "body", "form", or "entity". By placing these concepts side-by-side, the formation directly and pictorially compounds their meanings to evoke the idea of "the whole body" or "the entire entity", where the first character modifies and describes the scope of the second. It is a straightforward conceptual fusion, creating a single unit of meaning that is intuitively understood as "all members" or "the entirety" of a group.

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全体学生都到了。

Quántǐ xuéshēng dōu dàole.

All students have arrived.

全体成员必须参加会议。

Quántǐ chéngyuán bìxū cānjiā huìyì.

All members must attend the meeting.

公司全体员工一起庆祝成功。

Gōngsī quántǐ yuángōng yīqǐ qìngzhù chénggōng.

All employees of the company celebrate success together.

全体市民的努力下,城市变得更美丽。

Zài quántǐ shìmín de nǔlì xià, chéngshì biàn de gèng měilì.

With the efforts of all citizens, the city has become more beautiful.

校长向全体师生宣布了学校的新政策,并要求大家共同努力。

Xiàozhǎng xiàng quántǐ shīshēng xuānbùle xuéxiào de xīn zhèngcè, bìng yāoqiú dàjiā gòngtóng nǔlì.

The principal announced the school's new policy to all teachers and students, and requested everyone to work together.

Word Definition - 全体

quán tǐ all; entire

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