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Etymology
Depicts an adult man facing forward and standing erect. The meaning later shifted to "big".
About
Originally a pictograph, 大 depicts a person standing with arms outstretched and legs apart, visually conveying the concept of size or expanse. It primarily functions as an adjective to describe physical magnitude, volume, age, or abstract scale, serving as the direct antonym for "small". It can also act as an adverb meaning "greatly" or "highly", and operates as a radical categorizing characters related to size, human actions, or expansive ideas, consistently applying its core representation of a broad, open stance across all uses.
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这是一个大房间。
他长大了想当医生。
我们大学有很多学生。
大家都很喜欢这个电影。
这个大项目需要很多资金。
他的伟大成就赢得了人们的尊敬。
在大多数情况下，这个问题很容易解决。
对于这个重大发现，科学家们进行了深入的研究。