建设者

建設者

jiànshèzhě

noun #32,160

Meanings

1 builder
2 constructor
3 one who builds (often used figuratively for nation-builders, contributors)

Characters

to build / establish

to set up / install

agent suffix — '-er / one who'

Examples

工人是国家的建设者。

Gōngrén shì guójiā de jiànshèzhě.

Workers are the builders of the nation.

他是这家公司的建设者之一。

Tā shì zhè jiā gōngsī de jiànshèzhě zhīyī.

He is one of the builders of this company.

向所有的建设者致敬。

Xiàng suǒyǒu de jiànshèzhě zhìjìng.

Salute to all the builders.

Tips

usage

建设者 is grander than a literal construction worker (建筑工人). It frames the subject as someone contributing to a larger enterprise — the nation, an industry, a movement — and is heavily used in PRC official rhetoric (社会主义建设者, 'builders of socialism').

Stroke Order

建 jiàn

设 shè

者 zhě