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(hěn dà) - very large, very big, very great in Mandarin

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Traditional: 很大

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Translation

very large, very big, very great

Word origin

很大 means 'very big': 很 (hěn, 'very') plus 大 (dà, 'big'). 大 is a pictograph showing a person standing with arms and legs spread wide.

Origin
compound
Root
很 (hěn, very) + 大 (dà, big, a pictograph of a person)

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Examples

This room is very large.

He has big ambitions.

This problem is very great.

Their house is very big.

fēng

The wind is very strong today.

很大 (hěn dà) means very large, very big, very great. It is used as an expression in everyday Mandarin speech.

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This word is part of lesson 18.