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大
Total strokes: 3; Radical: 大
Ideographic: A man 人 with outstretched arms
Character Formation:
  • ⿻ Overlaid
    • 一 one; a, an; alone
    • 人 man, person; people
Antonyms: 小
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  • Pinyin: dà

    English Definition: big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; older (than); oldest; eldest; greatly; very much; (dialect) father; father's elder or younger brother
    Chinese Definition:
    ①指面积、体积、容量、数量、强度、力量超过一般或超过所比较的对象，与“小”相对：大厅。大政。大气候。夜郎自大。大腹便便。
    ②指大小的对比：这间房有那间两个大。
    ③规模广，程度深，性质重要：大局。大众。
    ④用于“不”后，表示程度浅或次数少：不大高兴。
    ⑤年长，排行第一：老大。
    ⑥敬辞：大作。大名。大手笔。
    ⑦时间更远：大前年。
    ⑧(大夫)古代官职，位于“。
    ⑨超过事物一半，不很详细，不很准确：大概。大凡。卿”之下，“士”之上。
    Example Words:
    大致 [ dà zhì ]: more or less; roughly; approximately
    大臣 [ dà chén ]: chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister
    庞大 [ páng dà ]: huge; enormous; tremendous
    放大 [ fàng dà ]: to enlarge; to magnify
    大体 [ dà tǐ ]: in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; overall situation; the big picture; (Tw) remains (of a dead person)
  • Pinyin: dài

    English Definition: see 大夫
    Chinese Definition:
    ①(大夫)医生(“(大王)戏曲、旧小说中对强盗首领的称呼(“夫”读轻声)。“王”读轻声)。
    Example Words:
    大夫 [ dài fu ]: doctor; physician
    大王 [ dài wang ]: robber baron (in opera, old stories); magnate
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