庞然大物

龐然大物
pángrán-dàwù
idiom #24,783

Meanings

  1. 1 a huge and imposing thing
  2. 2 colossus
  3. 3 behemoth
  4. 4 an entity of enormous size and apparent power

Examples

Zhèjiā gōngsī shì hángyè nèi de pángrándàwù.
This company is a colossus in the industry.
Lán jīng shì dìqiú shàng de pángrándàwù.
The blue whale is an enormous behemoth on Earth.
Nà liàng tǎnkè kànqǐlái xiàng gè pángrándàwù.
That tank looked like a massive colossus.

Tips

usage
庞然大物 can describe both literal giant creatures and figuratively enormous organizations or obstacles. The idiom often carries a sense of intimidating or unwieldy size.
memory
= enormous, = thus/appearing so, = big, = thing/creature. Picture something so big it just looms there.

Stroke Order

páng
rán