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坐大

zuò dà

2-character word

What 坐大 means

1. (derog.) to become powerful or influential

The characters in 坐大

• 坐zuòto sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc)
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐

Sounds the same

Read zuò dà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 做大arrogant; to put on airs; (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale

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