zhí

to execute (a plan)

to grasp

hand (扌) + pellet (丸) = to grasp and execute

丸 represents a small round object or pellet — something compact enough to be gripped in the palm. A hand closing around such an object captures both the physical grasp and the firm commitment to carrying something out.

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Small round objectSemantic
HandSemantic

笔写下了这份重要的报告。

tā zhí bǐ xiě xià le zhè fèn zhòng yào de bào gào。

he grasped the pen and wrote this important report.

团队决定按原计划行这个方案。

tuán duì jué dìng àn yuán jì huà zhí xíng zhè ge fāng àn。

the team decided to execute this plan according to the original schedule.

Words with 执

执法

zhí fǎ

to enforce a law

钓鱼执法

diào yú zhí fǎ

(law) entrapment

首席执行官

shǒu xí zhí xíng guān

chief executive officer (CEO)

驾驶执照

jià shǐ zhí zhào

driver's license

高层执行员

gāo céng zhí xíng yuán

senior executive

中央执行委员会

zhōng yāng zhí xíng wěi yuán huì

Central Executive Committee

仗义执言

zhàng yì zhí yán

to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle

偏执

piān zhí

extreme and inflexible; fixated; stubborn in clinging to a notion

偏执型

piān zhí xíng

paranoid (psych.)

偏执狂

piān zhí kuáng

paranoia; monomania

可执行

kě zhí xíng

executable (computing)

各执一词

gè zhí yī cí

each sticks to his own version (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf

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