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cuòzōng‐fùzá

cuòzōng (cuò·zōng {[is] interlocked and jagged → [[is] intricate]} · {[is] combined → [[is] composite]} → [[is] intricate; complex; tangled] 错综 錯綜)‐fùzá (fù·zá {[is] turned around → [[is] compound; complex]} · {[is] mixed} → [[is] complicated; complex] 复杂 複雜) 👈🏼 Tap/click to show/hide the “flashcard”

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The Shēngmìng Láizì Chuàngzào Ma? ((Shēngmìng Life 生命) (Lái·zì Came · From 来自 來自) (Chuàng·zào Initiating · {Making, Creating} → [Creating] 创造 創造) (Ma [? ptcl for “yes/no” questions] 吗 嗎)? → [Was Life Created? (lc)]) (Was Life Created? (lc)) brochure and the Shēngmìng de Qǐyuán—Zhíde Sīkǎo de Wǔ Ge Wèntí ((Shēngmìng Life 生命) (de ’s 的) (Qǐ·yuán {Rising → [Starting]} · Source → [Origin] 起源/原)—(Zhí·de Worth · Getting → [Worth] 值得) (Sī·kǎo {Thinking About} · Examining 思考) (de ’s 的) (Wǔ Five 五) (Ge [mw] 个 個/个) (Wèn·tí Asking · Subjects → [Questions] 问题 問題) → [The Origin of Life—Five Questions Worth Asking (lf)]) (The Origin of Life—Five Questions Worth Asking (lf)) brochure were originally published back in 2010, but relatively recently, the English version of the Was Life Created? brochure was updated to the December 2022 Printing, and the Mandarin version of it was updated to the February 2023 Printing. Also, the Was Life Created? brochure and the Origin of Life brochure are now in the Teaching Toolbox section in the JW Library app. So, it would be good to consider some of the expressions used in the Mandarin versions of these publications that can be so helpful when discussing whether life was created.

It’s Complicated

This week’s MEotW, “cuòzōng (cuò·zōng {[is] interlocked and jagged → [[is] intricate]} · {[is] combined → [[is] composite]} → [[is] intricate; complex; tangled] 错综 錯綜)‐fùzá (fù·zá {[is] turned around → [[is] compound; complex]} · {[is] mixed} → [[is] complicated; complex] 复杂 複雜)”, occurs in the box at the end of the QUESTION 1 section of the Origin of Life brochure, which section is entitled, in English, “How Did Life Begin?”:

English:

Question: What takes greater faith—to believe that the millions of intricately coordinated parts of a cell arose by chance or to believe that the cell is the product of an intelligent mind?

Mandarin (WOL, Pīnyīn (Pīn·yīn {Piecing Together of} · Sounds → [Pinyin] 拼音) Plus):

📖 📄 📘 Qǐng (please 请 請) xiǎngxiang (xiǎng·xiang {think about} · {think about} 想想): Xìbāo (Xì·bāo tiny · womb → [cell] 细胞 細胞) de (’s 的) wúshù (wú·shù without · number 无数 無數) bùfen (parts 部分) cuòzōng (cuò·zōng {are interlocked → [are intricate]} · {are combined → [are composite]} → [are intricate] 错综 錯綜)‐fùzá (fù·zá {are turned around → [are compound]} · {are mixed} → [are complex] 复杂 複雜), xiānghù ({with each other} 相互) xiétiáo (xié·tiáo {assisting → [coordinatedly]} · {are regulated → [fit in perfectly]} → [coordinate] 协调 協調), nǐ (you 你) rènwéi (rèn·wéi {do identify} · {(it) to be} (that) 认为 認為) xìbāo (xì·bāo tiny · womb → [cell] 细胞 細胞) shì (is 是) pèngqiǎo (pèng·qiǎo {having bumped into} · {being coincidental} → [by chance] 碰巧) chǎnshēng (chǎn·shēng {given birth to → [produced]} · {given birth to → [caused to exist]} → [brought into being] 产生 產生) de ({’s (thing)} 的), háishi (hái·shi {still more → [or]} · {is (it)} 还是 還是) zhìhuì (zhì·huì wisdom · intelligence → [wisdom] 智慧) de (’s 的) jiéjīng (jié·jīng {tied (into a knot) → [formed]} · crystal → [crystallization] 结晶 結晶) ne ([? ptcl] 呢)? Nǎ (which 哪) yí (one 一) yàng (form → [way] 样 樣) cái ({only then} 才 才/纔) shì (is 是) bùkě (bù·kě (one) not · can → [(one) cannot] 不可) zhìxìn (zhì·xìn place · {believing in} → [believe (usually used in the negative)] 置信) de ({’s (way)} 的) ne ([? ptcl] 呢)?

It’s Really Complicated

In “cuòzōng (cuò·zōng {[being] interlocked and jagged → [[being] intricate]} · {[being] combined → [[being] composite]} → [[being] intricate; complex; tangled | (mental) complex (n)] 错综 錯綜)”, “cuò ({[is] alternating; staggered} [→ [[is] wrong; mistaken; incorrect; erroneous | missed | grinding; rubbing | moving to the side | mistake; error; blunder [→ [fault]]]] | {[is] interlocked and jagged} [→ [intricate]] 错 錯)” literally means “interlocked and jagged”, and it effectively means “intricate”. Interestingly, this “cuò ({[is] alternating; staggered} [→ [[is] wrong; mistaken; incorrect; erroneous | missed | grinding; rubbing | moving to the side | mistake; error; blunder [→ [fault]]]] | {[is] interlocked and jagged} [→ [intricate]] 错 錯)” is used in other contexts to literally mean “alternating; staggered”, and to effectively mean “wrong; mistaken; incorrect; erroneous”. For example, it is used this way in “cuòwù (cuò·wù {[being] alternating; staggered → [[being] wrong; mistaken; incorrect; erroneous]} · {[being] mistaken; in error; wrong; false; inaccurate} [→ [error; blunder; mistake]] 错误 錯誤)”, as in “cuòwù (cuò·wù {staggered → [erroneous]} · false 错误 錯誤) de (’s 的) zōngjiào (zōng·jiào {schools of thought} · teachings → [religion] 宗教)” (false religion). As for “zōng ({[is] put together; combined} [→ [[is] aggregate; composite]] 综 綜)”, it literally means “put together; combined”, and effectively means “aggregate; composite”. As a whole, “cuòzōng (cuò·zōng {[being] interlocked and jagged → [[being] intricate]} · {[being] combined → [[being] composite]} → [[being] intricate; complex; tangled | (mental) complex (n)] 错综 錯綜)” effectively means “intricate; complex”, even “tangled”.

“Fùzá (Fù·zá {[is] turned around → [[is] compound; complex]} · {[is] mixed} → [[is] complicated; complex] 复杂 複雜)” is a well-known expression meaning “complicated” or “complex”. However, many probably don’t know that its first morpheme “fù ({turn around/over} [→ [recover; restore; return; resume | duplicate; repeat | again; repeatedly | [is] compound; complex; composite | reply; answer | avenge; retaliate]] 复 復)” literally means “turn around/over”, and that while it effectively means “compound; complex” in “fùzá (fù·zá {[is] turned around → [[is] compound; complex]} · {[is] mixed} → [[is] complicated; complex] 复杂 複雜)”, in other expressions such as “fùhuó (fù·huó {being turned around → [being restored]} · {to be living} → [resurrection] 复活 復活)”, it effectively means “recover; restore; return; resume”. Many may also be unaware that this expression’s other morpheme “zá (miscellaneous; mixed; composite; various; blended; assorted | mix; mingle 杂 雜/襍)”, which basically means “mixed”, also appears in “zázhì (zá·zhì miscellaneous; mixed · records (publication) → [magazine; journal; periodical] 杂志 雜志/誌)”.

When they’re all put together, the morphemes in “cuòzōng (cuò·zōng {[is] interlocked and jagged → [[is] intricate]} · {[is] combined → [[is] composite]} → [[is] intricate; complex; tangled] 错综 錯綜)‐fùzá (fù·zá {[is] turned around → [[is] compound; complex]} · {[is] mixed} → [[is] complicated; complex] 复杂 複雜)” repeatedly tell us that this expression refers to things that are really, emphatically complicated.

It’s Really, Really Complicated

It’s appropriate then, that the Mandarin Origin of Life brochure uses this expression to refer to the “millions of intricately coordinated parts of a cell”. Truly, most who have not specifically looked into the matter have no idea how fantastically complex even a single living cell is, never mind living organisms like us humans that are each made up of tens of trillions of cells, of which there are hundreds of different types. The Mandarin Origin of Life brochure can help Mandarin-speaking people to more deeply appreciate this astronomical complexity that’s present in our very own bodies. I personally have been helped this way as I have been working on producing Pīnyīn (Pīn·yīn {Piecing Together of} · Sounds → [Pinyin] 拼音) Plus material for it. Let us not hesitate to make good use of the Origin of Life brochure in the Mandarin field!

For convenience:

The direct link for the current-generation Pīnyīn (Pīn·yīn {Piecing Together of} · Sounds → [Pinyin] 拼音) Plus resource for the Origin of Life brochure is:

The short link for Chinese field language-learning links for the Origin of Life brochure is:

More Pīnyīn (Pīn·yīn {Piecing Together of} · Sounds → [Pinyin] 拼音) and Pīnyīn (Pīn·yīn {Piecing Together of} · Sounds → [Pinyin] 拼音) Plus web material based on the Mandarin Origin of Life brochure will be made available in the Pīnyīn (Pīn·yīn {Piecing Together of} · Sounds → [Pinyin] 拼音) Plus web resource as time allows.

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qūshǐ

qūshǐ (qū·shǐ {spur on (a horse) → [urge on]} · make; cause → [prompt; urge; spur on] 驱使 驅使) 👈🏼 Tap/click to show/hide the “flashcard”

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The Shēngmìng Láizì Chuàngzào Ma? ((Shēngmìng Life 生命) (Lái·zì Came · From 来自 來自) (Chuàng·zào Initiating · {Making, Creating} → [Creating] 创造 創造) (Ma [? ptcl for “yes/no” questions] 吗 嗎)? → [Was Life Created? (lc)]) (Was Life Created? (lc)) brochure and the Shēngmìng de Qǐyuán—Zhíde Sīkǎo de Wǔ Ge Wèntí ((Shēngmìng Life 生命) (de ’s 的) (Qǐ·yuán {Rising → [Starting]} · Source → [Origin] 起源/原)—(Zhí·de Worth · Getting → [Worth] 值得) (Sī·kǎo {Thinking About} · Examining 思考) (de ’s 的) (Wǔ Five 五) (Ge [mw] 个 個/个) (Wèn·tí Asking · Subjects → [Questions] 问题 問題) → [The Origin of Life—Five Questions Worth Asking (lf)]) (The Origin of Life—Five Questions Worth Asking (lf)) brochure were originally published back in 2010, but relatively recently, the English version of the Was Life Created? brochure was updated to the December 2022 Printing, and the Mandarin version of it was updated to the February 2023 Printing. Also, the Was Life Created? brochure and the Origin of Life brochure are now in the Teaching Toolbox section in the JW Library app. So, it would be good to consider some of the expressions used in the Mandarin versions of these publications that can be so helpful when discussing whether life was created.

Prompt

This week’s MEotW, which appears in the section of the Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure entitled “Nǐ (You 你) Xiāngxìn (Xiāng·xìn It · {Do Believe} → [Do Believe] 相信) Shénme (Shén·me What · [suf] 什么 什/甚麼) Ne ([? ptcl] 呢)?” (“What Do You Believe?”), is “qūshǐ (qū·shǐ {spur on (a horse) → [urge on]} · make; cause → [prompt; urge; spur on] 驱使 驅使)”:

English:

It is our hope that this brochure will prompt you to examine again the basis for some of your beliefs.

Mandarin (WOL; Pīnyīn (Pīn·yīn {Piecing Together of} · Sounds → [Pinyin] 拼音) Plus)

📖 📄 📘 Wǒmen (Wǒ·men we · [pl] 我们 我們) xīwàng (xī·wàng hope · {gaze (into the distance) at (that) → [hope]} → [hope] 希望) běn ({root or stem of a} → [this] 本) cèzi (cè·zi brochure · [suf for nouns] 册子 冊子) néng ({will be able} 能) qūshǐ (qū·shǐ {to spur on (a horse) → [to urge on]} · {to cause} → [to prompt] 驱使 驅使) nǐ (you 你) chóngxīn (chóng·xīn again · newly 重新) xiǎngxiang (xiǎng·xiang {to think about} · {to think about} 想想) zìjǐ (self 自己) de (’s 的) kànfǎ (kàn·fǎ {looking at (some things)} · way 看法) yǒu ({does have} 有) shénme (shén·me what · [suf] 什么 什/甚麼) yījù (yī·jù {being relied on} · evidence → [basis] 依据 依據).

While the first morpheme in “qūshǐ (qū·shǐ {spur on (a horse) → [urge on]} · make; cause → [prompt; urge; spur on] 驱使 驅使)” seems to have originally had a literal meaning of “spur a horse on”—as hinted at by the “马/馬 (horse)” radical/character component in it—in the context of “qūshǐ (qū·shǐ {spur on (a horse) → [urge on]} · make; cause → [prompt; urge; spur on] 驱使 驅使)” it’s used to mean “urge on”. (Interestingly, this morpheme is also used in “xiānqū (xiān·qū {in advance} · {drives (a horse/car/etc.) → [runs quickly]} (person) → [pioneer] 先驱 先驅)” (“pioneer”), in which it probably has an effective meaning of “runs quickly”.) Combined with “shǐ (causing; making | using | sending | envoy | if 使)”, which in this context means “make” or “cause”, we get an effective meaning of “urge”, “spur on”, or “prompt”, as shown in the above example.

Bearing Witness in Mandarin

As the Was Life Created? brochure says, our objective in talking to people in the Mandarin field about whether life was created is just to prompt or encourage them to think about why they believe what they believe about this subject. That’s why we’re called Jehovah’s Witnesses—we bear witness and testify regarding the evidence.—Isaiah 43:10–12.

Of course, in the Mandarin field, we need to do this using the Mandarin language. Let us be prepared, not just to read Chinese characters from a page or a screen 📱, but to actually talk with people in Mandarin and help them understand the evidence that the Creator exists, and that he will through his Kingdom government make this earth into a peaceful paradise, without the wars, natural disasters, and other problems that we see around us today.

While evolution/creation can be a relatively technically challenging subject to talk to people about, especially in Mandarin, thankfully, Jehovah and his organization have provided excellent tools like the Was Life Created? brochure, the JW Language app (iOS/iPadOS, Android, Microsoft Store), etc. to help us. In general, the technology, tools, and resources now available to help with Mandarin language learning are also better than ever. (Links to some Mandarin field language-learning resources can be found here.) Let us each move forward with a positive attitude on our own personal Mandarin-learning journey, and not be held back by the traditions and limitations of the past.

For convenience:

The direct link for the current-generation Pīnyīn (Pīn·yīn {Piecing Together of} · Sounds → [Pinyin] 拼音) Plus resource for the Was Life Created? brochure is:

The short link for Chinese field language-learning links for the Was Life Created? brochure is:

More Pīnyīn (Pīn·yīn {Piecing Together of} · Sounds → [Pinyin] 拼音) and Pīnyīn (Pīn·yīn {Piecing Together of} · Sounds → [Pinyin] 拼音) Plus web material based on the Mandarin Was Life Created? brochure will be made available in the Pīnyīn (Pīn·yīn {Piecing Together of} · Sounds → [Pinyin] 拼音) Plus web resource as time allows.

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chōngtū

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War has certainly been a prominent subject in the news lately. Here are a couple of recent headlines I found with a quick web search:

Why the World’s Biggest Powers Can’t Stop a Middle East War

Thinking the ‘unthinkable’: NATO wants Canada and allies to gear up for a conventional war

The looming shadow of a possible future war over Taiwan must also especially concern many people in the Mandarin field.

At the time of this writing, jw.org was featuring the article “When Will the Fighting Stop?—What Does the Bible Say?”. Where the English version of this article uses the expressions “fighting” or “conflicts”, the Mandarin version uses this week’s MEotW, “chōngtū (chōng·tū {dashing → [clashing]} · {chimney → [dashing forward; charging]} → [conflicting; clashing] 冲突 衝突)”. For example, here are the English and Mandarin titles of the article:

English:

When Will the Fighting Stop?—What Does the Bible Say?

Mandarin:

📖 📄 📘 Shìshang (Shì·shang {Generation → [World]} · Upon 世上) de (’s 的) Wǔzhuāng (Wǔ·zhuāng Militarily · {Dressed Up} → [Armed] 武装 武裝) Chōngtū (Chōng·tū {Dashings → [Clashings]} · {Chimneys → [Chargings]} → [Conflicts] 冲突 衝突) Huì (Will 会 會) Yǒu (Have 有) Píngxī (Píng·xī {Being Made to Be Flat, Level, Even → [Being Made to Be Peaceful]} · Ceasing → [Subsiding] 平息) de (’s 的) Yì (One 一) Tiān (Sky → [Day] 天) Ma ([? ptcl for “yes/no” questions] 吗 嗎)?

In addition to being used to refer to armed conflicts, “chōngtū (chōng·tū {dashing → [clashing]} · {chimney → [dashing forward; charging]} → [conflicting; clashing] 冲突 衝突)” can also be used to refer to other kinds of conflicts. For example, the section of the Was Life Created? brochure entitled “Science and the Genesis Account” in English and “Kēxué (Kē·xué {Branches of Study} · Learning → [Science] 科学 科學) yǔ (and 与 與/与) Chuàngshìjì (Chuàng·shì·jì {Initiating, Creating of} · {Generation → [World]} · Record → [Genesis] 创世记 創世記)” in Mandarin contains this statement:

English:

However, the real contradiction is, not between science and the Bible, but between science and the opinions of Christian Fundamentalists.

Mandarin (WOL, Pīnyīn (Pīn·yīn {Piecing Together of} · Sounds → [Pinyin] 拼音) Plus)

📖 📄 📘 Qíshí (Qí·shí its · {being solid → [actuality]} → [actually] 其实 其實), gēn (with 跟) kēxué (kē·xué {branches of study} · learning → [science] 科学 科學) yǒu (having 有) chōngtū (chōng·tū {dashing → [clashing]} · {chimney → [charging]} → [conflict] 冲突 衝突) de (’s 的) bú (not 不) shì (is 是) Shèngjīng (Shèng·jīng (the) Holy · Scriptures → [the Bible] 圣经 聖經) de (’s 的) jìzǎi (jì·zǎi recorded · writing → [account] 记载 記載), ér ({but (rather)} 而) shì (are 是) mǒuxiē (mǒu·xiē certain · {indefinite number of} → [certain] 某些) rén (people 人) de (’s 的) guāndiǎn (guān·diǎn view·points 观点 觀點).

Morphemes and Related Expressions

The “chōng (charge; rush; dash [→ [clash; collide]] | {pour boiling water on} | rinse; flush [→ [develop (film)]] 冲 沖/衝)” in “chōngtū (chōng·tū {dashing → [clashing]} · {chimney → [dashing forward; charging]} → [conflicting; clashing] 冲突 衝突)” can mean “charge; rush; dash”, leading to an effective meaning of “clash”, which is what it means in “chōngtū (chōng·tū {dashing → [clashing]} · {chimney → [dashing forward; charging]} → [conflicting; clashing] 冲突 衝突)”. Other expressions that use this morpheme include “chōngjìn (chōng·jìn charge; rush; dash · {to advance; enter [into; in]} 冲进 沖/衝進)”, “chōngpò (chōng·pò charge; rush; dash · {to break (through)} 冲破 沖/衝破)”, and “chōngzǒu (chōng·zǒu rinse; flush · {to walk → [to go away]} 冲走 沖走)”.

Oddly, the “tū (chimney [→ [sticking out | dashing forward; charging [→ [sudden[ly]; unexpected[ly]]]]] 突)” in “chōngtū (chōng·tū {dashing → [clashing]} · {chimney → [dashing forward; charging]} → [conflicting; clashing] 冲突 衝突)” has a traditional literal meaning of “chimney”, which can lead to an effective meaning of “dashing forward” or “charging”, presumably reflecting how a chimney suddenly juts out of the roof of a house. This is what it means in “chōngtū (chōng·tū {dashing → [clashing]} · {chimney → [dashing forward; charging]} → [conflicting; clashing] 冲突 衝突)”. Other expressions that use this “tū (chimney [→ [sticking out | dashing forward; charging [→ [sudden[ly]; unexpected[ly]]]]] 突)” include “tūchù (tū·chù {chimney → [projecting]} · contacting (thing) → [synapse] 突触 突觸)”, “tūpò (tū·pò {chimney → [sticking out | dashing forward]} · {breaking → [through]} → [breaking through | breakthrough | surmounting; exceeding; overcoming] 突破)”, “tūrán (tū·rán {chimney → [dashing forward] → [sudden[ly]; abrupt[ly]]} · {-ly | like that} 突然)”, and past MEotW “tūbiàn (tū·biàn {chimney → [dashing forward] → [sudden[ly]; unexpected[ly]]} · changing [→ [mutation]] 突变 突變)”.

To Talk About a War to End All Wars

The above-mentioned jw.org article uses “chōngtū (chōng·tū {dashing → [clashing]} · {chimney → [dashing forward; charging]} → [conflicting; clashing] 冲突 衝突)” when it discusses how today’s wars show that the end of all war is near. Here are a couple of examples:

English:

Global conflicts today indicate that an end to all war is soon to come. These wars fulfill Bible prophecy about the time period in which we live. The Bible calls it “the conclusion of the system of things.”

Mandarin:

📖 📄 📘 Shìshang (Shì·shang {generation → [world]} · upon 世上) de (’s 的) zhànzhēng (zhàn·zhēng wars · contendings → [wars] 战争 戰爭) biǎomíng (biǎo·míng indicate · {to be clear} 表明) wǒmen (wǒ·men we · [pl] 我们 我們) zhèng ({just now} 正) shēnghuó ({are living} 生活) zài (in 在) Shèngjīng (Shèng·jīng (the) Holy · Scriptures → [the Bible] 圣经 聖經) yùgào (yù·gào fore·told 预/豫告 預/豫告) de (’s 的) “mòqī (mò·qī end · period 末期)”, zhè (this 这 這) biǎoshì (biǎo·shì indicates · shows 表示) wǔzhuāng (wǔ·zhuāng militarily · {dressed up} → [armed] 武装 武裝) chōngtū (chōng·tū {dashings → [clashings]} · {chimneys → [chargings]} → [conflicts] 冲突 衝突) búduàn (bú·duàn not · {breaking off} → [being constant] 不断 不斷) de (’s 的) xiànxiàng (xiàn·xiàng appearing · appearance → [phenomenon] 现象 現象) jíjiāng (jí·jiāng {is near/close to being} · {will soon be} 即将 即將) zhōngzhǐ (zhōng·zhǐ ended · stopped 终止 終止).

English:

The Bible foretells the end of human conflicts. …by means of Armageddon, “the war of the great day of God the Almighty.”

Mandarin:

📖 📄 📘 Shèngjīng (Shèng·jīng (the) Holy · Scriptures → [the Bible] 圣经 聖經) yùgào (yù·gào fore·tells 预/豫告 預/豫告), Shàngdì (Shàng·dì Above’s · {Emperor → [God]} → [God] 上帝) huì (will 会 會) tōngguò (tōng·guò through · passing → [passing through] → [through] 通过 通過) “Quánnéng (Quán·néng All · Able → [Almighty] 全能) Shàngdì (Shàng·dì Above’s · {Emperor → [God]} → [God] 上帝) de (’s 的) dà (big → [great] 大) rìzi (rì·zi {sun → [day]} · [suf for nouns] 日子)” de (’s 的) zhànzhēng (zhàn·zhēng war · contending → [war] 战争 戰爭), yě (also 也) jiùshì (jiù·shì exactly · is 就是) “Hāmǐjíduōdùn (Armageddon 哈米吉多顿 哈米吉多頓)”, lái (come 来 來) zhōngzhǐ (zhōng·zhǐ {to end} · {to stop} 终止 終止) yíqiè (yí·qiè {one (whole)} · {corresponding (set of)} → [all] 一切) wǔzhuāng (wǔ·zhuāng militarily · {dressed up} → [armed] 武装 武裝) chōngtū (chōng·tū {dashings → [clashings]} · {chimneys → [chargings]} → [conflicts] 冲突 衝突).