跳舞

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The Chinese word 跳舞 (tiàowǔ) for "dance" is composed of two characters: 跳 (tiào), meaning "to jump" or "to leap", and 舞 (wǔ), meaning "to dance" or "to perform". The character 跳 is a pictograph depicting a person with their legs spread apart and their arms raised, as if they are about to jump. The character 舞 is a combination of two pictographs: 人 (rén), meaning "person", and 戈 (gē), meaning "halberd" or "weapon". The combination of these two characters suggests the idea of a person wielding a weapon in a dance-like manner. Together, the characters 跳 and 舞 form the word 跳舞, which refers to the act of dancing or performing a dance.