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高大

gāodà

tall and big

A large person beside a child
Memory picture

Characters in this word

高 gāo

Strokes
10
Radical
高 — tall, lofty
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

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

  • 他很高大。 Tā hěn gāodà. He is tall and big.
  • 这树很高大。 Zhè shù hěn gāodà. This tree is very tall and big.
  • 爸爸高大。 Bàba gāodà. Dad is tall and big.

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