大队 (dà duì) — (military) large group, formation, e.g. battalion; (historical) production brigade (basic unit in rural communes); a large number or crowd (of people)
Definition
大队 has three distinct uses: a military unit (battalion-sized), the rural "production brigade" of the Mao-era communes, and a large crowd ("a big group of people"). The middle sense is historical — China has no 生产大队 today.
noun
(military) large groupformatione.g. battalion(historical) production brigade (basic unit in rural communes)a large number or crowd (of people)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 大队。Tā men shǔ yú yí gè tè zhǒng dà duì.They belong to a special forces group.
- ，大队。Rén mín gōng shè shí qī, dà duì shì jī běn de shēng chǎn dān wèi.During the people's commune period, the production brigade was the basic production unit.
- 。Jīn tiān lái le dà duì rén mǎ.A large number of people came today.
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