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大规模

dà guī mó · da gui mo

Traditional 大規模

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Meaning

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  1. large scale
  2. extensive
  3. wide scale
  4. broad scale
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Planting trees

  1. Dengdeng

    听说(tīngshuō)学校(xuéxiào)下周(xiàzhōu)要(yào)大规模(dàguīmó)种(zhòng)树(shù)。

    I heard the school will plant trees on a large scale next week.

  2. Liangliang

    大规模(dàguīmó)是(shì)多(duō)大(dà)？

    How large is large-scale?

  3. Dengdeng

    要(yào)种(zhòng)一千(yīqiān)棵(kē)树(shù)。

    They will plant a thousand trees.

  4. Liangliang

    一千(yīqiān)棵(kē)？那(nà)我们(wǒmen)也(yě)去(qù)帮忙(bāngmáng)吧(ba)。

    A thousand? Then let us go and help too.

  5. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，不过(bùguò)大规模(dàguīmó)的(de)活动(huódòng)，我们(wǒmen)两(liǎng)个(gè)人(rén)只能(zhǐnéng)种(zhòng)一(yī)棵(kē)。

    OK, but at such a large event, the two of us can only plant one tree.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)家(jiā)工(gōng)厂(chǎng)正(zhèng)在(zài)进(jìn)行(xíng)大(dà)规(guī)模(mó)的(de)技(jì)术(shù)改(gǎi)造(zào)。

This factory is carrying out a large-scale technological upgrade.

02

暴(bào)雨(yǔ)过(guò)后(hòu)，当(dāng)地(dì)展(zhǎn)开(kāi)了(le)大(dà)规(guī)模(mó)的(de)清(qīng)理(lǐ)工(gōng)作(zuò)。

After the rainstorm, large-scale cleanup work got underway in the area.

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大
dà

big; large; great; older (than another person)

规
guī

compass; a rule

模
mó

to imitate; model

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