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At the time of this writing, jw.org was featuring the video series The Good News According to Jesus (Yēsū (Jesus 耶稣 耶穌) de (’ 的) Yìshēng (Yì·shēng {One → [Whole]} · Life 一生) in Mandarin). In its description of this video series, jw.org uses this week’s MEotW “Fúyīn‐Shū+ ((Fú·yīn Blessings · {Sounds → [News]} 福音)‐(Shū Writing → [Book] 书 書) → [Gospel])”:
English:
See the Gospels come to life in this exciting video series about Jesus Christ.
Mandarin:
📖 📄 ➕ Zhèige (Zhèi·ge this · [mw] 这个 這個) jīngcǎi (jīng·cǎi {(having) spirit → [excellent]} · {(having) colour → [splendid]} → [marvelous] 精彩 精彩/采) de (’ 的) xìliè+ (xì·liè {series of} · {lined up (thing) of → [series of]} → [series of] 系列) yǐngpiàn (yǐng·piàn images · {slices of → [mw]} → [videos] 影片) shēngdòng (shēng·dòng living · moving → [vivid] 生动 生動) de (-ly 地) chéngxiàn+ (chéng·xiàn presents · shows → [presents] 呈现 呈現) chū (out 出) Fúyīn‐Shū+ ((Fú·yīn Blessings · {Sounds → [News]} 福音)‐(Shū Writings → [Books] 书 書) → [the Gospels]) de (’ 的) nèiróng (nèi·róng inside · {contained (things)} → [contents] 内容 內容), bāngzhù (helping 帮助 幫助) wǒmen (wǒ·men us · [pl] 我们 我們) gèng (more 更) liǎojiě (liǎo·jiě {to understand} · {to untie → [to solve]} → [to understand] 了解 了/瞭解) Yēsū (Jesus 耶稣 耶穌) Jīdū (Christ 基督).
The Morphemes
The Glossary in the Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY tells us that “the [English] word ‘gospel’ is derived from the old English godspel, which means ‘good news; good tidings’.” Looking at the morphemes in “Fúyīn‐Shū ((Fú·yīn Blessings · {Sounds → [News]} 福音)‐(Shū Writing → [Book] 书 書) → [Gospel])”, we see that the first one, “Fú ({good fortune}; blessing [→ [happiness]] 福)”, is the fairly well-known one that means “blessings”. The second morpheme “yīn (sound [→ [musical note/sound; tone; pronunciation | syllable | news; tidings]] 音)” literally means “sounds”, but in this context it has an effective meaning of “news”. And while many of us Mandarin field language learners are used to using the third morpheme “Shū (write | writing [→ [book | letter | document | style of calligraphy; script]] 书 書)” to mean “book”, we can note that this is an effective meaning derived from a literal meaning of “writing”. (This literal meaning of “writing” is why, for example, “qíngshū+ (qíng·shū {feelings; affection; emotion → [love]} · {writing → [letter]} 情书 情書)” is the Mandarin expression meaning “love letter”.)
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
As an additional usage example, the below sentence from the jw.org page for the above-mentioned video series shows how “Fúyīn‐Shū ((Fú·yīn Blessings · {Sounds → [News]} 福音)‐(Shū Writing → [Book] 书 書) → [Gospel])” relates to the Mandarin versions of the names of the Bible books Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John:
English:
Dialogue is taken directly from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
Mandarin:
📖 📄 ➕ Duìbái+ (Duì·bái facing · {white (parts) → [plain (parts)] → [spoken parts in opera/etc.]} → [dialogue] 对白 對白) zhíjiē (zhí·jiē {being straight} · connecting → [directly] 直接) yǐnzì+ (yǐn·zì {is drawn → [is quoted]} · from 引自) Mǎtài Fúyīn ((Mǎtài Matthew’s 马太 馬太) (Fú·yīn Blessings · {Sounds → [News]} 福音) → [The Good News According to Matthew]), Mǎkě Fúyīn ((Mǎkě Mark’s 马可 馬可) (Fú·yīn Blessings · {Sounds → [News]} 福音) → [The Good News According to Mark]), Lùjiā Fúyīn ((Lùjiā Luke’s 路加) (Fú·yīn Blessings · {Sounds → [News]} 福音) → [The Good News According to Luke]), Yuēhàn Fúyīn ((Yuēhàn John’s 约翰 約翰) (Fú·yīn Blessings · {Sounds → [News]} 福音) → [The Good News According to John])