大片 (dà piàn) — vast expanse, wide stretch (of land / water / field); blockbuster movie, big-budget hit film

Definition

大片 has two unrelated senses: a 'vast expanse' of land or water (a big stretch), or a 'blockbuster movie'. The movie sense is unrelated to siblings like 资源 or 流失, which deal with water as a resource.

noun
vast expansewide stretch (of land / water / field)blockbuster moviebig-budget hit film
Measure word ·

Examples

  • 大片
    Yǎn qián shì yí piàn lǜ yóu yóu de dà piàn.
    Before our eyes is a vast expanse of lush green.
  • 大片
    Jīn nián shǔ jià nǐ dǎ suàn kàn nǎ jǐ bù dà piàn?
    Which blockbuster movies do you plan to watch this summer?
  • 大片
    Zhè bù dà piàn de piào fáng yǐ jīng tū pò shí yì le.
    The box office of this blockbuster has already surpassed one billion.

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.

great

大 describes 片 as large, giving a wide area or a big film.

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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