The Chinese word 议会 (yìhuì), meaning "parliament" or "assembly", is formed by conceptually combining two meaningful characters. The first character, 议 (yì), carries the core idea of "discussing", "deliberating", or "debating". The second character, 会 (huì), conveys the notion of a "gathering", "meeting", or "assembly". Thus, the term is constructed by synthetically joining these concepts to directly signify an "assembly for deliberation", effectively creating a logical and transparent compound that denotes a legislative or consultative governing body.