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重量级

zhòngliàngjí

heavyweight; major; high-profile

A tall confident speaker stands before a crowd of small listeners beside a large book
Memory picture

Characters in this word

重 zhòng

Strokes
9
Radical
里 — inside
Made of
千 thousand 里 inside
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

级 jí

Strokes
6
Radical
纟 — silk
Made of
纟 silk 及 to extend
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这位重量级学者的加入,使原本边缘的研究议题迅速受到关注。 Zhè wèi zhòngliàngjí xuézhě de jiārù, shǐ yuánběn biānyuán de yánjiū yìtí xùnsù shòudào guānzhù. The involvement of this heavyweight scholar quickly drew attention to a research topic that had originally been marginal.
  • 公司请来一位重量级顾问,帮助制定新的发展计划。 Gōngsī qǐng lái yí wèi zhòngliàngjí gùwèn, bāngzhù zhìdìng xīn de fāzhǎn jìhuà. The company hired a heavyweight consultant to help draw up a new development plan.
  • 这次展会汇集了多家重量级企业,吸引了大批媒体记者。 Zhè cì zhǎnhuì huìjí le duō jiā zhòngliàngjí qǐyè, xīyǐn le dàpī méitǐ jìzhě. This exhibition brought together many major companies and attracted a large group of journalists.

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