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The character 折 means to break, snap, fold, or bend. It is an ideogrammic compound formed by the hand radical 扌 (shǒu) on the left, indicating a manual action, and the ax component 斤 (jīn) on the right, representing a cutting tool. Together, they depict the act of using a hand to wield an ax and sever something. This core sense of physical division extended metaphorically to encompass actions like folding paper, offering a price discount, or incurring a financial loss, all involving a form of reduction or alteration.
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他把纸折起来。
这本书打五折。
树枝被风吹折了。
她折了一朵纸花。
旅行中我们经历了曲折。
这个方案需要折中一下。
他因骨折住院了。
经过多次谈判，双方终于达成了折衷协议。