巨蟒 (jù mǎng) — huge python / giant boa

Definition

noun
huge python / giant boa
Measure word · 条

Examples

  • 巨蟒。
    Yà mǎ xùn yǔ lín lǐ shēng huó zhe jù dà de jù mǎng.
    Giant boas live in the Amazon rainforest.
  • 巨蟒。
    Yì tiáo jù mǎng tū rán cóng shù shàng diào le xià lái.
    A huge python suddenly fell from the tree.
  • 巨蟒。
    Zhè ge dòng wù yuán lǐ yǒu shì jiè shàng zuì dà de jù mǎng.
    This zoo has the largest python in the world.

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.

巨jùhuge
蟒mǎngpython

The huge sense of 巨 and the python sense of 蟒 combine to name a very large python.

Characters in this word

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