庞然大物

龐然大物

pángrándàwù

idiom #24,783

Meanings

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

Characters

so, thus, in that way

thing, object, creature

Examples

这家公司是行业内的庞然大物。

Zhè jiā gōngsī shì hángyè nèi de pángrán dàwù.

This company is a colossus in the industry.

蓝鲸是地球上的庞然大物。

Lán jīng shì dìqiú shàng de pángrán dàwù.

The blue whale is an enormous behemoth on Earth.

那辆坦克看起来像个庞然大物。

Nà liàng tǎnkè kàn qǐlái 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

庞 = enormous, 然 = thus/appearing so, 大 = big, 物 = thing/creature. Picture something so big it just looms there.

Stroke Order

庞 páng

然 rán

大 dà

物 wù