🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

大型项目

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dàxíng xiàngmù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Large-scale project/ˌlɑːrdʒ.skeɪl ˈprɒdʒ.ekt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这座城市正在筹备一项大型项目以改善交通。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An extensive, highly complex enterprise requiring significant financial investment, long-term planning, and substantial human resources.

    "The government approved a large-scale project to upgrade the national railway network."
  2. 2

    An ambitious undertaking spanning multiple organizations, sectors, or geographical regions.

    "Coordinating the international space mission proved to be a challenging large-scale project."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'large-scale', derived from the adjective 'large' (from Old English 'lærdʒ' via Old French from Latin 'largus') and 'scale' (from Latin 'scala', meaning ladder or flight of steps), with 'project', originating from the Latin 'proicere' meaning 'to throw something forward'. It emerged in modern industrial and administrative contexts to describe extensive, resource-heavy endeavors.

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🇫🇷French → English

projet de grande envergure

Transliteration: proje də ɡʁɑ̃d ɑ̃vɛʁɡyʁ

"La construction du nouveau pont est un projet de grande envergure."

🇩🇪German → English

Großprojekt

Transliteration: ɡʁɔs.pʁoˌjɛkt

"Das neue Flughafenkonzept ist ein komplexes Großprojekt."

🇮🇹Italian → English

progetto su grande scala

Transliteration: proˈdʒetto su ˈgrande ˈskala

"La metropolitana è un progetto su grande scala per la città."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

proyecto a gran escala

Transliteration: pɾoˈxekto a ɡɾan esˈkala

"La empresa anunció un proyecto a gran escala en el sector energético."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

projeto de grande escala

Transliteration: pɾuˈʒetu dʒi ˈɡɾɐ̃dʒi isˈkalɐ

"O porto novo será um projeto de grande escala para a economia."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

बड़ी परियोजना

Transliteration: barī pariyojanā

"यह देश का एक बहुत बड़ा बुनियादी ढांचा परियोजना है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

大型项目

Transliteration: dàxíng xiàngmù

"这座城市正在筹备一项大型项目以改善交通。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

대규모 프로젝트

Transliteration: daegumo peurojekteu

"정부는 새로운 친환경 에너지 개발을 위한 대규모 프로젝트를 시작했다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

大規模プロジェクト

Transliteration: daikibo purojekuto

"都市開発のための大規模プロジェクトが計画されている。"

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