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放大

fàng dà · fang da

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 5Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to enlarge
  2. to magnify
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Zoom in on the map

  1. Dengdeng

    地图(dìtú)上(shàng)的(de)字(zì)太(tài)小(xiǎo)了(le)。

    The words on the map are too small.

  2. Liangliang

    放大(fàngdà)一下(yīxià)就(jiù)能(néng)看清(kànqīng)了(le)。

    Zoom in and you can see clearly.

  3. Dengdeng

    放大(fàngdà)了(le)……我们(wǒmen)在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)？

    Zoomed in... where are we?

  4. Liangliang

    蓝点(lándiǎn)就是(jiùshì)我们(wǒmen)。

    The blue dot is us.

  5. Dengdeng

    蓝点(lándiǎn)在(zài)一条(yītiáo)河(hé)上(shàng)。

    The blue dot is on a river.

  6. Liangliang

    那(nà)别(bié)再(zài)放大(fàngdà)了(le)，再(zài)放大(fàngdà)我们(wǒmen)就(jiù)掉进(diàojìn)河里(hélǐ)了(le)。

    Then do not zoom in more, or we will fall into the river.

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01

这(zhè)台(tái)显(xiǎn)微(wēi)镜(jìng)能(néng)把(bǎ)物(wù)体(tǐ)放(fàng)大(dà)一(yì)百(bǎi)倍(bèi)。

This microscope magnifies objects by 100 times.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

请(qǐng)把(bǎ)这(zhè)张(zhāng)照(zhào)片(piàn)放(fàng)大(dà)后(hòu)挂(guà)在(zài)墙(qiáng)上(shàng)。

Please enlarge this photo and hang it on the wall.

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