大力士 (dà lì shì) — strongman; person of great physical strength

Definition

noun

strongmanperson of great physical strength

Measure word · 个

大力士。
Nà ge dà lì shì néng jǔ qǐ yí liàng qì chē.
That strongman can lift a car.
大力士。
Tā zài mǎ xì tuán lǐ dāng dà lì shì biǎo yǎn.
He performs as a strongman in the circus.
大力士。
Zhè cì dà lì shì bǐ sài xī yǐn le hěn duō rén lái guān kàn.
This strongman competition attracted many people to watch.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

大力great strength

大dàgreat力lìstrength

偏正Modifier + head

大力 means great strength, and 士 means person; together they name a person of great strength.

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.

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

力 is drawn as either an arm bending out from the side of the body or a wooden plough.

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

The shape 士 comes from a simple drawing of a war axe. The character later came to mean a soldier, officer, or intellectual.

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