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徇

xùn
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to give in to
  2. 2 to be swayed by (personal considerations)

Examples

官员不得徇私枉法。
Guānyuán bùdé xùnsī wǎngfǎ.
Officials must not bend the law for personal gain.
他办案公正，绝不徇情。
Tā bàn àn gōngzhèng, jué bú xùn qíng.
He handled the case fairly and would not yield to favoritism.

Tips

usage
徇 means to bend to private interest. Its core word is 徇私 (to act out of personal favoritism), nearly always in a critical or legal context such as 徇私枉法 (bending the law for private ends).

Components

radical
彳 chì
to step; to walk (left-side)
The 'step' radical, the left half of 行 (to go). It links 徇 to conduct and action: how a person walks the line, here improperly bending it.
phonetic
旬 xún
a ten-day period
Supplies the sound, xún shifting to xùn. Its 'ten-day period' meaning plays no role; it serves only as the phonetic half.

Stroke Order

徇 xùn