大队

大隊
dàduì
noun HSK 7 #16,424

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 group
  2. 2 large team
  3. 3 production brigade

Examples

Yī dàduì rénmǎ xiàng chéng lǐ zǒu qù.
A large group of people headed towards the city.
Tā yéye dāngnián shì shēngchǎn dàduì de duìzhǎng.
His grandfather was the leader of the production brigade back then.

Tips

history
During the People’s Commune era (1958–1983), 大队 (production brigade) was an administrative unit between the commune (公社) and production team (生产). It still appears in rural place names today.

Stroke Order

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