宽大

寬大
kuāndà
adjective #14,443

Meanings

  1. 1 spacious
  2. 2 wide
  3. 3 lenient
  4. 4 magnanimous

Examples

Fǎguān duì chūfànzhě jǐyǔ le kuāndà chǔlǐ.
The judge gave the first-time offender lenient treatment.
Zhè jiàn yīfu tài kuāndà le, bù héshēn.
This piece of clothing is too loose; it doesn't fit.

Tips

usage
Two distinct senses: (1) physically spacious/roomy (宽大房间 = spacious room) and (2) lenient/magnanimous, especially in legal contexts (宽大处理 = lenient treatment). The idiom 宽大怀 means 'to be magnanimous.'

Stroke Order

kuān