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指南針 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)
指南針 ＝ 指 ＋ 南 ＋ 針
ㄓˇ ㄋㄢˊ ㄓㄣ · zhǐnánzhēn
noun — a compass; (figuratively) a guiding principle

字源 FORM — what the parts do

指to point (指向)zhǐ
南south (南方)nán
針a needle (針頭)zhēn
指南針，指向的指，南方的南，針頭的針。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一根針（針），不管你怎麼轉，總指（指）著南方（南）。
A needle (針) that, however you turn the box, keeps pointing (指) south (南).
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羅盤luópána compass-dial — the older instrument方向fāngxiàngdirection — what a 指南針 finds