大计 (dà jì) — fundamental policy; major plan of national impo…

Definition

noun

fundamental policymajor plan of national importance

大计。
Guó jiā dà jì guān xì dào měi gè gōng mín de wèi lái.
The country's major plan concerns every citizen's future.
大计。
Tā men zhèng zài tǎo lùn míng nián de jīng jì fā zhǎn dà jì.
They are discussing next year's economic development plan.
大计。
Zhè xiàng dà jì de shí shī xū yào quán guó rén mín de zhī chí.
The implementation of this major plan requires the support of the entire nation.

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.

The sense of “大” (big) narrows “计” (plan) to a plan of major importance.

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.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 計; 计 is its simplified writing.

言十計

The traditional form 計 pairs 言 (say) with 十 (all). The simplified 计 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical shape.

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