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扩大

kuòdà

to expand; to enlarge

A person inflating a balloon
Memory picture

Characters in this word

扩 kuò

Strokes
6
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 广 broad, vast, wide
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 扩

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

Example phrases

  • 我们扩大店面。 Wǒ men kuò dà diàn miàn. We expand the shop space.
  • 公司扩大规模。 Gōng sī kuò dà guī mó. The company expands its size.
  • 他们扩大市场。 Tā men kuò dà shì chǎng. They expand the market.

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