轴心

軸心

zhóuxīn

noun #36,518

Measure Word

一个轴心 gè

Meanings

1 axle
2 pivot / core
3 axis (of an alliance, e.g. WWII Axis powers)

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

他是这个团队的轴心。

Tā shì zhège tuánduì de zhóuxīn.

He is the pivot of this team.

HSK 7-9

二战时期德意日组成了轴心国。

Èrzhàn shíqī Dé Yì Rì zǔchéng le zhóuxīn guó.

During WWII, Germany, Italy, and Japan formed the Axis powers.

Tips

history

轴心国 ('Axis powers') comes from Mussolini's 1936 metaphor of a 'Rome - Berlin axis' (罗马 - 柏林轴心), later extended to include Tokyo. Today the term is also used loosely in geopolitics - e.g. former US president George W. Bush's 邪恶轴心 ('axis of evil').

Stroke Order

轴 zhóu

心 xīn