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The character "杠" is a phono-semantic compound consisting of the wood radical (木) denoting its early material association and the phonetic component "工" indicating its pronunciation, originally representing a stout wooden pole or bar. Its semantic scope expanded to encompass various types of bars and levers, and it later acquired a verbal sense meaning to dispute or argue, evident in compounds such as "抬杠", where the physical concept of leveraging was metaphorically transferred to contentious dialogue.
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他用力抬起了那根杠。
这个杠杆原理很简单。
他们俩又开始抬杠了。
健身房里有很多杠铃。
他用红笔在错字上画了条杠。
财务杠杆用得好能放大收益。
辩论中他总是喜欢强词夺理地杠。
单杠运动需要极强的上肢力量。