Chinese Word: 袤 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

袤

Pinyin: mào

English Definition: length; distance from north to south

Chinese Definition:
①长度，特指南北距离的长度：广袤。袤延(指横长)。周袤。

Total strokes: 11; Radical: 衣

Pictophonetic:矛 indicates the sound; 衣 (cloth) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿻ Overlaid
- 衣 [ yī ] cloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat
- 矛 [ máo ] spear, lance

Similar Characters: 袠

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1		“ kūn 坤 ” zhě 者， de 地 mào 袤 guǎng bó 广博， yīn 因 róng 容 nǎi 乃 dà 大。 "Kun" means being large and magnanimous as the earth.
2		yí gè rén 一个人 kàn shang qu 看上去 bǐ 比 mào 袤 de 的 fèi xū 废墟 zhōng 中 liú xià 留下 de 的 bào zhà 爆炸 yuán zǐ dàn 原子弹 zài 在 rì běn 日本 guǎng dǎo 广岛。 A man looks over the expanse of ruins left by the explosion of the atomic bomb on in Hiroshima, Japan.
3		zài 在 cōng cōng 匆匆 yóu zǒu 游走 de 的 suì yuè 岁月 lǐ 里， dài zhe 带着 yī kē 一颗 chéng 澄 jìng 净 rú 如 chū 初 de 的 xīn líng 心灵， ràng 让 líng hún 灵魂 qì xī 憩息 yú 于 níng jìng 宁静 dàn bó 淡泊 de 的 jiā yuán 家园， ràng 让 sī xiǎng 思想 fēi yáng 飞扬 zài 在 kuàng 旷 mào 袤 gāo yuǎn 高远 de 的 tiān kōng 天空。 Time rushing by in haste, I hope I could keep purity in soul, I hope I could find heart a peaceful creek, I hope I could set free my mind to spacious sky.