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扩大

kuò dà

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 擴大

扩大 (kuò dà) means "to expand". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 扩大 means

1. to expand
2. to enlarge
3. to broaden one's scope

The characters in 扩大

• 扩kuòto enlarge
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐

Example sentences

• 他试图扩大自己的势力范围。
  Tā shìtú kuòdà zìjǐ de shìli fànwéi.
  He tried to enlarge his sphere of influence.
• 最近，来自亚洲各国的进口额不断扩大。
  The imports from Asian countries have expanded recently.
• 他真的很需要扩大自己的柏柏语词汇量。
  He really needs to expand his Berber vocabulary.

Words starting with 扩大

• 扩大化kuò dà huàto extend the scope; to exaggerate
• 扩大再生产kuò dà zài shēng chǎnto expand production; to reproduce on an extended scale

Where 扩大 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Achievements & outcomes (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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