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The character "抵" in its traditional form is composed of the hand radical (扌) on the left, indicating an action related to the hand, combined with the phonetic and semantic component "氐" on the right, which historically conveyed notions of reaching a base or bottom. This structure originally reflected meanings associated with pushing, pressing against, or supporting with the hand, extending to the idea of arriving at or reaching a point, such as a destination. Over time, its semantic field broadened significantly from these physical actions to encompass more abstract or metaphorical senses, including to resist, to withstand, to compensate for something as if balancing against it, and to serve as a substitute or equivalent, thereby capturing a conceptual movement from literal opposition or contact to figurative counteraction or equivalence.
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我们下午抵达机场。
他们抵抗敌人的进攻。
这些费用抵消了利润。
他用房子抵押贷款。
他的意见抵触了政策。
我们无法抵挡这种诱惑。
他试图抵赖所有的指控。
他用劳动抵偿了债务。