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壮大 (zhuàng dà) — (adjective) strong, powerful; (verb) to expand, to strengthen (in scale, power, or influence)

Definition

壮大 can be both adjective ('strong, powerful', like 强大) and verb ('to expand and grow stronger'). As a verb it implies getting bigger and more powerful over time, stronger than 增强 and broader than 加强.

adjective
strongpowerful
verb
to expandto strengthen (in scale, power, or influence)

Examples

  • 壮大。
    Wǒ men de duì wu zhèng zài rì yì zhuàng dà.
    Our team is growing stronger every day.
  • 壮大。
    Guó jiā xū yào zhuàng dà guó fáng lì liàng.
    The nation needs to strengthen its national defense forces.
  • 壮大，。
    Zhè zhī jūn duì hěn zhuàng dà, zhàn dòu lì hěn qiáng.
    This army is very powerful and has strong combat capability.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

壮zhuàngstrong
大dàbig

壮 and 大 both describe strength and size, together meaning to make something strong and large.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 壯; 壮 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
士士shì
Sound part声符shēngfú
爿
爿pán壯zhuàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 壯 uses 士 to hint at the meaning and 爿 for the sound; the simplified 壮 is a later abbreviation.

Open 壮 →

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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