重大 zhòngdà great
great; important; major; significant
How to remember 重大: 重 heavy + 大 big = great.
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How it is used
- Major, of great significance - 重大决定 (zhòngdà juédìng) major decision; 重大事故 (zhòngdà shìgù) serious accident.
- Here 重 is zhòng ('weighty'). Pairs with weighty abstract nouns (event, loss, breakthrough, responsibility), formal register - not for physically big things (那是 大, dà).
Example sentences
- 不只是钱关系重大。 Bù zhǐshì qián guānxì zhòngdà.Money isn't the only thing that matters.