业大 (yè dà) — (spare-time) university for working adults

Definition

业大 is a short colloquial name for an evening/part-time university for working adults. Now largely historical — largely replaced by 成人高考 and 网络教育 programs.

noun
(spare-time) university for working adults
Measure word · 所
Easily confused

Examples

  • ，。
    Tā zài yè dà xué xí le sān nián, zhōng yú ná dào le běn kē wén píng.
    He studied at a spare-time university for three years and finally got a bachelor's degree.
  • 业大。
    Hěn duō zài zhí rén yuán xuǎn zé dú yè dà lái tí shēng zì jǐ de zhuān yè jì néng.
    Many working people choose to attend a spare-time university to improve their professional skills.
  • 业大，。
    Zhè suǒ yè dà de kè chéng ān pái fēi cháng líng huó, shì hé shàng bān zú.
    The course schedule at this spare-time university is very flexible and suitable for office workers.

Origin

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 業; 业 is its simplified writing.

  • 丵丵zhuóchisel
  • 大大dàperson; big

The traditional 業 is explained as a picture of a beam from which bells and chimes hang, or as a person lifting that beam. The simplified 业 is a shorthand, not the original shape.

Open 业 →

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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