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庞大

páng dà · pang da

Traditional 龐大

HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. huge; enormous; tremendous
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A huge tour group

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，那个(nàge)旅行团(lǚxíngtuán)的(de)队伍(duìwǔ)真(zhēn)庞大(pángdà)！

    Look, that tour group is really huge!

  2. Dengdeng

    有(yǒu)一百(yībǎi)多(duō)人(rén)吧(ba)？

    Over a hundred people?

  3. Qiqi

    这么(zhème)庞大(pángdà)的(de)队伍(duìwǔ)，导游(dǎoyóu)怎么(zěnme)管(guǎn)？

    With such a huge group, how does the guide manage them?

  4. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，导游(dǎoyóu)举(jǔ)着(zhe)一(yī)把(bǎ)很(hěn)大(dà)的(de)红旗(hóngqí)。

    Look, the guide is holding up a very big red flag.

  5. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)快(kuài)走(zǒu)吧(ba)，别(bié)让(ràng)他们(tāmen)把(bǎ)我们(wǒmen)也(yě)带走(dàizǒu)了(le)！

    Let us go quickly, before they take us along too!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

庞(páng)大(dà)而(ér)精(jīng)妙(miào)的(de)体(tǐ)系(xì)往(wǎng)往(wǎng)建(jiàn)立(lì)在(zài)几(jǐ)个(gè)简(jiǎn)单(dān)的(de)规(guī)则(zé)之(zhī)上(shàng)。

A vast and sophisticated system is usually based on a few simple rules.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jan_OkulaJu · English by jan_OkulaJu · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)家(jiā)公(gōng)司(sī)规(guī)模(mó)庞(páng)大(dà)，员(yuán)工(gōng)超(chāo)过(guò)一(yí)万(wàn)人(rén)。

This company is enormous in scale, with more than ten thousand employees.

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