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天大

Mandarin · pinyin tiān dà

gargantuan
as big as the sky
enormous

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天: tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high

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1–4 · tian1 da4

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adj · Etymology 1

(attributive) extremely big; massive; huge

name · Etymology 2

(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 天津大學／天津大学 (Tiānjīn Dàxué, “Tianjin University”)

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