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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

巨像

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jùxiàng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Colossus/kəˈlɒs.əs/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #15400 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"罗德斯巨像是古代七大奇迹之一。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A statue that is much larger than life size.

    "The Colossus of Rhodes was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World."
  2. 2

    A person or thing of enormous size, strength, or influence.

    "The CEO was a colossus in the tech industry, shaping the future of innovation."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek kolossos, meaning a gigantic statue, via Latin. Originally used to describe the Colossus of Rhodes, the term evolved from referring specifically to monumental antiquity statues to metaphorically denoting any person or thing of immense size, strength, or importance.

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