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大全 (dà quán) — complete collection (often used in book titles)

Definition

大全 (dàquán) is a noun meaning a complete, comprehensive collection — almost always seen as the second part of a book or series title like 《法律大全》. It implies the work gathers everything on a topic in one place.

noun
complete collection (often used in book titles)

Examples

  • 《大全》。
    Zhè běn 《fǎ lǜ dà quán》 shōu lù le suǒ yǒu zhòng yào fǎ guī.
    This complete collection of laws includes all important regulations.
  • 大全。
    Wǒ zuì jìn mǎi le yì běn zhōng yī dà quán.
    I recently bought a complete collection of traditional Chinese medicine.
  • 大全。
    Zhè tào wén xué dà quán gòng shí juàn.
    This set of a complete literary collection is ten volumes in total.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

大dàgreat
全quáncomplete

大 adds greatness to 全, so 大全 means a complete collection.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

Open 大 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

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