大汉 (dà hàn) — (noun) a big, strong man; a hefty man; (noun) the great Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD)

Definition

Most often heard in 大汉王朝 / the great Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD), a classical term for a powerful, large-built man in modern speech. The dynasty sense dominates at this level.

noun
a bigstrong mana hefty manthe great Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 大汉，。
    Nà ge dà hàn hěn zhuàng, yí gè rén néng bān dòng zhè zhāng zhuō zi.
    That big man is very strong; he can move this table by himself.
  • 大汉。
    dà hàn Wáng cháo shì zhōng guó lì shǐ shàng yí gè qiáng dà de cháo dài.
    The great Han dynasty was a powerful dynasty in Chinese history.
  • 大汉，。
    Mén kǒu zhàn zhe yí gè dà hàn, kàn qǐ lái xiàng bǎo biāo.
    A big man is standing at the door; he looks like a bodyguard.

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dàbig
汉hànman

'大' means big or great and '汉' can mean a man or the Han dynasty; together they denote a hefty man or the great Han dynasty.

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.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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