The Chinese word 暴君 (bàojūn), meaning "tyrant", is a compound term formed through semantic combination, where the first character 暴 conveys "cruel, violent, or tyrannical" and the second character 君 means "monarch" or "ruler". Together, they create a meaning greater than the sum of their parts: a ruler characterized by cruelty and oppression. This formation follows the common Chinese word-construction pattern of a modifier (暴) describing the nature of the head noun (君), precisely and efficiently labeling a specific type of sovereign.