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大大 (dà dà) — greatly; enormously

Definition

大大 is an adverb meaning 'greatly, enormously,' used before a verb to emphasize degree. Stronger and more emphatic than 大幅; more colloquial than the formal 大为.

adverb
greatlyenormously
Easily confused

Examples

  • 大大。
    Zhè ge xīn zhèng cè dà dà gǎi shàn le wǒ men de shēng huó.
    This new policy has greatly improved our lives.
  • 大大。
    Tā de bāng zhù dà dà jiā kuài le wǒ de gōng zuò.
    His help greatly sped up my work.
  • 大大。
    Zhè ge biàn huà dà dà yǐng xiǎng le wǒ men de jì huà.
    This change has greatly affected our plans.

Origin

Reduplicated word
构词法gòucífǎ
重叠chóngdiéReduplication

A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.

大dàbig
大dàbig

The two 大 together intensify largeness into a strong degree.

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 →

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 →
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