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大陆

dàlù

mainland

A landmass beside a small island
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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

陆 lù

Strokes
7
Radical
阝 — place, town, city
Made of
阝 place, town, city 击 to strike, to hit, to beat
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 陆

Example phrases

  • 我来自大陆。 Wǒ láizì dàlù. I come from the mainland.
  • 大陆很大。 Dàlù hěn dà. The mainland is very big.
  • 他去过大陆。 Tā qù guo dàlù. He has been to the mainland.

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