Definitions

(noun) carriage; sedan chair
(noun) world; public opinion

Etymology

A cart  carried on one's shoulder 

About

The character "舆" originally depicted a group of hands lifting or carrying a chariot, as seen in its traditional form which incorporates components representing hands and a vehicle, indicating its early meaning related to carriage or transport. This concrete sense of a vehicle or palanquin gradually expanded to encompass the idea of what carries or contains, leading to meanings like "the world" or "the public sphere", as in the term for public opinion. Over centuries, its semantic field broadened further to include the concept of "multitude" or "all", while also developing a grammatical function as a literary particle. The simplified form retains the essential structure but streamlines the components representing the hands.

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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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论对此事反应强烈。

Yúlùn duì cǐ shì fǎnyìng qiángliè.

Public opinion reacts strongly to this matter.

政府密切关注情变化。

Zhèngfǔ mìqiè guānzhù yúqíng biànhuà.

The government closely monitors changes in public sentiment.

社交媒体上的论影响很大。

Shèjiāo méitǐ shàng de yúlùn yǐngxiǎng hěn dà.

Public opinion on social media has a significant impact.

这张古代图非常珍贵。

Zhè zhāng gǔdài yútú fēicháng zhēnguì.

This ancient map is very precious.

公司必须考虑论对品牌的影响。

Gōngsī bìxū kǎolǜ yúlùn duì pǐnpái de yǐngxiǎng.

The company must consider the impact of public opinion on the brand.

在民主国家,论监督起着重要作用。

Zài mínzhǔ guójiā, yúlùn jiāndū qǐzhe zhòngyào zuòyòng.

In democratic countries, public opinion supervision plays an important role.

分析师通过情数据预测市场趋势。

Fēnxī shī tōngguò yúqíng shùjù yùcè shìchǎng qūshì.

Analysts predict market trends through public sentiment data.

历史学家根据图和文献还原了古城面貌。

Lìshǐ xuéjiā gēnjù yútú hé wénxiàn huányuán le gǔchéng miànmào.

Historians restored the ancient city's appearance based on maps and documents.