I know that 一带一路 sounds exactly right in Mandarin for Belt and Road. But is there a general grammatical rule for why this uses 一?
It really does not mean "one belt, one road," and if you wanted to say that you would use classifiers for 带 and 路.
asked Nov 25, 2019 at 20:20
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2一国两制 is of similar structure. Chinese use this pattern quite often– sylviaNov 25, 2019 at 22:19
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1一带一路 means 一带和一路, 一带与一路. You should know that the word 和 or 与 between two words is usually omitted in Chinese language.– xenophōnNov 26, 2019 at 3:13
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在对外公文中，统一将“丝绸之路经济带和21世纪海上丝绸之路”的英文全称译为 The Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road，“一带一路”简称译为 The Belt and Road，英文缩写用 B&R。在非正式场合，除首次出现时使用英文全称译文外，其简称译法可视情况灵活处理，除可使用 The Belt and Road Initiative 外，也可视情使用 The land and maritime Silk Road initiative。– xenophōnNov 26, 2019 at 3:17
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Perhaps there's also a reference to "four-character expressions" (also related: chengyu)?– Andrew T.Nov 26, 2019 at 6:07
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It is a title of a project, not a sentence.
「一带一路」」refers to "The Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-century Maritime Silk Road"
「一带」(the one belt) refers to 「丝绸之路经济带」
「一路」(the one road) refers to 「21世纪海上丝绸之路」
Both are specific object, therefore the title cannot be just 「带和路」(belts and roads)
Using 「一个地带和一条通路」would be too wordy for a title. Not to mention 「丝绸之路经济带和21世纪海上丝绸之路」
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2Yep, so it's a shortening or abbreviation, essentially - similar to an acronym or initialism in English, except that when you abbreviate in characters, you retain more: a neat demonstration of the power of the Chinese writing system. Nov 26, 2019 at 2:21
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The key point here, it seems to me, is that the belt and road in question are specific objects. So you cannot use either 和, as mentioned, or a measure word. Nov 26, 2019 at 16:01