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大军 (dà jūn) — main forces (of an army); large army

Definition

大军 (dàjūn) refers to the main body of troops in a military campaign — the bulk of an army, not a small detachment or elite unit.

noun
main forces (of an army)large army
Measure word · 支

Examples

  • 大军。
    Zhè zhī dà jūn yóu shí wàn míng shì bīng zǔ chéng.
    This large army consists of 100,000 soldiers.
  • 大军。
    Qián xiàn yǒu bǎi wàn dà jūn zài děng dài mìng lìng.
    A million-strong army is waiting for orders at the front.
  • 大军。
    Tā men shuài lǐng dà jūn xiàng dí rén jìn gōng.
    They led the main forces to attack the enemy.

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.

大dàlarge
军jūnarmy

大 gives 'large', 军 gives 'army', together 'large army or main forces'.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 軍; 军 is its simplified writing.

  • 車車jūcart; chariot
  • 勹勹bāoto surround

In the traditional form 軍, 車 shows the chariot sense, while the part now written 勹 is a sound part, not the 'surround' 勹. Simplified 军 is a later shorthand.

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Military & Defense

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