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洋洋

yángyáng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 vast; abundant; copious
  2. 2 beaming; overflowing (with joy or pride)

Examples

HSK 7-9
过年了，家家户户喜气洋洋。
Guònián le, jiājiāhùhù xǐqì yángyáng.
It's New Year, and every household is full of festive joy.
HSK 7-9
他洋洋得意地把奖状拿给大家看。
Tā yángyáng déyì de bǎ jiǎngzhuàng ná gěi dàjiā kàn.
He showed the certificate to everyone, thoroughly pleased with himself.
HSK 7-9
这篇报告洋洋万言，却没有把问题说清楚。
Zhè piān bàogào yángyáng wànyán, què méiyou bǎ wèntí shuō qīngchu.
The report runs to ten thousand words, yet it never makes the problem clear.

Tips

usage
洋洋 rarely stands alone. After a word for a feeling it means 'overflowing': 喜气洋洋 'full of festive joy', 得意洋洋 or 洋洋得意 'smug, pleased with oneself', 喜洋洋 'beaming'. Elsewhere it means 'vast, copious': 洋洋大观 'a grand and rich display', 洋洋洒洒 'running on at great length'.
memory
洋 is the open sea: picture joy or words spreading as wide as the ocean. 范仲淹's 《岳阳楼记》 already has 其喜洋洋者矣 'how their joy overflows!'

Stroke Order

洋 yáng