放大镜 (fàngdàjìng): magnifying glass

Measure Word

一块放大镜 kuài

Meanings

1 magnifying glass
2 loupe

Characters

放

fàng

to release; to enlarge

Examples

他用放大镜仔细检查邮票上的细节。

Tā yòng fàngdàjìng zǐxì jiǎnchá yóupiào shàng de xìjié.

He used a magnifying glass to carefully examine the details on the stamp.

媒体的报道像一块放大镜，把问题放得很大。

Méitǐ de bàodào xiàng yī kuài fàngdàjìng, bǎ wèntí fàng de hěn dà.

Media coverage acts like a magnifying glass, blowing issues out of proportion.

Tips

memory

放大 means 'to enlarge/magnify' and 镜 means 'mirror/lens/glass'. So 放大镜 is literally an 'enlarging lens' — perfectly transparent in meaning.

Stroke Order

放 fàng

大 dà

镜 jìng

Related Words

放大 fàngdà HSK 5 #5,326

to enlarge; to magnify / to amplify

放到 fàngdào HSK 3 #3,106

to put (somewhere); to place at / to leave (until a time)

放学 fàngxué HSK 1 #4,498

to get out of school / school is over

镜子 jìngzi HSK 4 #2,925

mirror; looking glass

放手 fàngshǒu #2,214

to let go / to release one’s grip / to give up

放心 fàngxīn HSK 2 #2,180

to feel relieved / to be at ease

放在 fàngzài #2,032

to put (something) at/in/on / to place at

放开 fàngkāi #1,090

to let go / to release / to loosen

放下 fàngxià HSK 2 #963

to put down / to let go of

放松 fàngsōng HSK 4 #765

to relax / to loosen up / to unwind