(jù dà) - huge, enormous, gigantic in Mandarin

jùdà

Traditional: 巨大

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Translation

huge, enormous, gigantic

Word origin

A compound of 巨 (jù, huge), which once pictured a carpenter's large square, and 大 (dà, big). The two reinforce each other to mean enormous.

Origin: compound
Root: 巨 (jù, huge) + 大 (dà, big)

Stroke order

巨

大

Examples

座zuò筑zhù。

This is an enormous building.

震zhèn损sǔn。

The earthquake caused huge losses.

。

They face enormous pressure.

项xiàng。

This invention has huge significance.

。

There is a gigantic fish in the sea.

巨大 (jù dà) means huge, enormous or gigantic. It describes great size as well as great scale or impact.

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This word is part of lesson 26.