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大喊大叫 (dà hǎn dà jiào) — to shout at the top of one's lungs; to yell loudly (often with negative connotation); to conduct vigorous propaganda or rant (in political or media contexts)

Definition

A vivid reduplicated verb meaning to shout and scream loudly, usually in a noisy, uncontrolled way. Carries a negative tone: the speaker is being loud, disruptive, or ranting rather than communicating clearly.

verb
to shout at the top of one's lungsto yell loudly (often with negative connotation)to conduct vigorous propaganda or rant (in political or media contexts)

Examples

  • 大喊大叫，？
    Tā yù dào yì diǎn xiǎo shì jiù dà hǎn dà jiào, shuí shòu dé liǎo?
    He starts shouting at the top of his lungs over the slightest thing—who can stand that?
  • 大喊大叫，。
    Fǎn duì zhě zài huì chǎng wài dà hǎn dà jiào, yāo qiú zhèng fǔ gǎi biàn zhèng cè.
    The protesters were shouting loudly outside the venue, demanding the government change its policy.
  • 大喊大叫，。
    Zhè zhǒng xuān chuán zhī huì dà hǎn dà jiào, shí jì xiào guǒ bìng bù hǎo.
    This kind of propaganda just rants and raves; its actual effect isn't good.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

大喊shout loudly
大dàloudly喊hǎnshout
偏正Modifier + head
大叫yell loudly
大dàloudly叫jiàoyell
偏正Modifier + head

大喊 (shout loudly) and 大叫 (yell loudly) together give the sense of shouting loudly.

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 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
咸
咸xián喊hǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

喊 puts 口 (mouth) beside 咸, showing a mouth action and using 咸 for the sound.

Open 喊 →

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 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
口口kǒumouth
Sound part声符shēngfú
丩
丩jiū叫jiào
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

叫 shows a mouth 口 and a sound part 丩. The mouth fits the old sense of shouting.

Open 叫 →
Appears in
Communication & Speech

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