两个音节连缀成义而不能分开的词，如参差，彷徨，蝴蝶等term for an inseparable word made up of two characters in Chinese

• 像咖喱这种看字面而不能解其意的联绵词，大抵为舶来之物。

  Inseparable two character words like "gali", which one cannot understand by looking at the literal meaning, are generally foreign imports.

• 就上古汉语来说，除联绵词外，词义与字形大多能寻求出其间的内在联系。

  In ancient Chinese, apart from inseparable words made up of two characters, one can generally find an internal connection between the meaning of the word and the shape of the character.