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Chinese
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big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
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tall building
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trad. (大廈/大厦)
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大
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廈/厦
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simp. (大厦)
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大
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厦
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anagram
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廈大/厦大
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Pronunciation
Noun
大廈
- large building; skyscraper; edifice; plaza (Classifier: 座 m c; 棟/栋 m c; 幢 m; 躉/趸 c)
畫宮於堵,盈尺而曲盡其制,計其毫厘而構大廈,無進退焉。
画宫于堵,盈尺而曲尽其制,计其毫厘而构大厦,无进退焉。 - From: c. 798, 柳宗元 (Liu Zongyuan),《梓人傳》 (Story of a Master-builder)
- Huà gōng yú dǔ, yíng chǐ ér qūjìn qí zhì, jì qí háolí ér gòu dàshà, wú jìntuì yān.
- He made a drawing of the building on the wall which, though only about a foot square, gave all the details. When the mansion was completed according to this plan, nothing was a fraction out.
今諸生學於太學,縣官日有廩稍之供,父母歲有裘葛之遺,無凍餒之患矣;坐大廈之下而誦《詩》《書》,無奔走之勞矣。
今诸生学于太学,县官日有廪稍之供,父母岁有裘葛之遗,无冻馁之患矣;坐大厦之下而诵《诗》《书》,无奔走之劳矣。 - From: c. 1378, 宋濂 (Song Lian),《送東陽馬生序》 (Parting Words to Ma Junze from Dongyang)
- Jīn zhūshēng xué yú tàixué, xiànguān rì yǒu lǐnshāo zhī gōng, fùmǔ suì yǒu qiúgé zhī wèi, wú dòngněi zhī huàn yǐ; zuò dàshà zhīxià ér sòng “Shī” “Shū”, wú bēnzǒu zhī láo yǐ.
- Now the students in the Imperial College are free from cold and hunger because the royal court provides food for them every day and their parents send clothes for them every year. They sit in grand halls, reading aloud the Classic of Poetry and the Book of History without having to rush about like what I did.
Usage notes
Often translated as "mansion" in English translations of building names in China.
Derived terms
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
大廈 • (taika)
- large building; skyscraper; edifice; plaza
Derived terms
Korean
Noun
大廈 • (daeha) (hangeul 대하)
- hanja form? of 대하 (“large house”)