📘 Intermediate — key word for HSK 3-4
Meaning
Classifier for sentences, lines of poetry, or spoken utterances.
🏮 Cultural Story
中文 Chinese
"句"衡量的是语言的基本单位——句子。"一句话"可以改变人生（比如求婚时的"你愿意嫁给我吗？"），"一句诗"可以流传千年（比如李白的"床前明月光"）。"句"字外面是"框"（囗），里面是"弯弯曲曲的线条"（勹+口），好像把话语包在一个框里——每"句"话就是一个完整的表达单元。在中文修辞中，"三言两语"形容说话简洁（三个字两句话就说清楚了），"一句话顶一万句"形容说到点子上了。
English
**句 (jù)** measures language's basic unit — the sentence. "One sentence" can change a life ("Will you marry me?"); "one line of poetry" can last millennia (Li Bai's moonlight poem). The character looks like words framed in a box — each 句 is a complete expression unit. Rhetorically: "few words" (concise); "one sentence worth ten thousand" (hit the nail on the head).
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For complete thoughts expressed in language — sentences, poetic lines, remarks.
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Classifier for sentences, lines of poetry, or spoken utterances.