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大好 (dà hǎo) — very good; excellent (used attributively before nouns); completely recovered (from an illness)

Definition

A formal/written adjective that usually goes before a noun (大好形势, 大好河山) — stronger and more literary than just saying 很好. The 'recovered' sense is set: 病大好 means fully recovered.

adjective
very goodexcellent (used attributively before nouns)completely recovered (from an illness)

Examples

  • 大好。
    Xíng shì dà hǎo.
    The situation is very good.
  • 大好。
    Tā de bìng yǐ jīng dà hǎo le.
    He has completely recovered from his illness.
  • 大好。
    Zhè shì wǒ men de dà hǎo hé shān.
    This is our beautiful land.

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dàvery
好hǎogood

“大” means very and “好” means good, giving very good.

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.

好 joins 女 (woman) and 子 (child), understood as a woman with a child, linked to goodness or affection.

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