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

HSK 4
Zhèjiā gōngsī shì hángyè nèi de pángrán-dàwù.
This company is a colossus in the industry.
HSK 7-9
Lán jīng shì dìqiú shàng de pángrán-dàwù.
The blue whale is an enormous behemoth on Earth.
HSK 7-9
Nà liàng tǎnkè kànqǐlái xiàng gè pángrán-dàwù.
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