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大兴

大興
Dàxīng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Daxing, district in the south of Beijing
  2. 2 Daxing, the capital of the Sui dynasty, renamed Chang'an by the Tang
  3. 3 to undertake on a large scale; to go in for in a big way

Examples

HSK 6
北京的新机场建在大兴。
Běijīng de xīn jīchǎng jiàn zài Dàxīng.
Beijing's new airport was built in Daxing.
HSK 7-9
隋朝的都城叫大兴，到了唐朝改名为长安。
Suícháo de dūchéng jiào Dàxīng, dào le Tángcháo gǎimíng wéi Cháng'ān.
The Sui capital was called Daxing; the Tang renamed it Chang'an.
HSK 7-9
五十年代，农村大兴水利，修了很多水库。
Wǔshí niándài, nóngcūn dàxīng shuǐlì, xiū le hěnduō shuǐkù.
In the 1950s the countryside launched irrigation works on a large scale and built many reservoirs.

Tips

usage
The district is officially 大兴区, and Beijing Daxing International Airport, opened in 2019, is usually just 大兴机场. The verb sense, written 大兴, is formal: it is best known from the chengyu 大兴土木 'to build on a grand scale'.
history
Emperor Wen of Sui built his new capital in 582 and named it 大兴 after the title he had held before taking the throne, Duke of Daxing. The Tang kept the city and called it 长安.

Stroke Order

大 dà
兴 xīng