Linguistics term for a word made of two or more kanji, such as 漢字熟語. Also used in everyday language to refer to multi-kanji words.
"学校" is a two-character kanji compound.
この熟語の読み方を教えてください。
Please tell me how to read this kanji compound.
Refers to a fixed expression or idiomatic phrase, often with a meaning not predictable from its parts. Common in language learning contexts.
「油を売る」は面白い熟語ですね。
"油を売る" is an interesting idiom, isn't it?
英語の熟語を覚えるのは大変だ。
Memorizing English idioms is tough.
I memorized a hundred kanji compounds for the test.
He often uses difficult kanji compounds.
I looked up the meaning of the idiom in a dictionary.