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大量

dàliàng

a large amount of

HSK 2 · Topic “Numbers and amounts”
A basket full of apples
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Characters in this word

大 dà

Strokes
3
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
一 one 人 man, person
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

量 liáng

Strokes
12
Radical
里 — inside
Made of
旦 dawn 里 inside
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这里有大量的书。 Zhè lǐ yǒu dà liàng de shū. There are many books here.
  • 他喝了大量水。 Tā hē le dà liàng shuǐ. He drank a lot of water.
  • 我们需要大量时间。 Wǒ men xū yào dà liàng shí jiān. We need a lot of time.

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