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大量

dà liàng

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

大量 (dà liàng) means "great amount; large quantity; bulk". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 大量 means

1. great amount
2. large quantity
3. bulk
4. numerous
5. generous
6. magnanimous

The characters in 大量

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 量liàngcapacity; quantity; amount

Example sentences

• 她有大量的书。
  She has plenty of books.
• 你应该喝大量的液体。
  Nǐ yīnggāi hē dàliàng de yètǐ.
  You should drink a lot of liquid.
• 孩子们需要大量的睡眠。
  Háizimen xūyào dàliàng de shuìmián.
  Children need a lot of sleep.
• 他在银行里有大量钱财。
  Tā zài yínháng lǐ yǒu dàliàng qiáncái.
  He has a lot of money in the bank.
• 农业需要消耗的大量水。
  Nóngyè xūyào xiāohào de dàliàng shuǐ.
  Agriculture consumes a great amount of water.
• 农业需要消耗大量的水。
  Agriculture consumes a great amount of water.

Words starting with 大量

• 大量生产dà liàng shēng chǎnto mass-produce; mass production

Words containing 大量

• 宽宏大量kuān hóng dà liàngmagnanimous (idiom); generous
• 宽洪大量kuān hóng dà liàngmagnanimous; generous; broad-minded

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