蕩蕩 [荡荡]

Jyutping dong6 dong6
Pinyin dàng dàng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. fluttering
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj, ideophonic, literary
    vast; broad; spacious (and empty)
  2. adj, ideophonic, literary
    unrestrained; unconstrained
  3. adj, ideophonic, literary
    floating; drifting; swaying
  4. adj, ideophonic, literary
    generous; magnanimous
  5. adj, ideophonic, literary
    bright and clean; luminous
  6. adj, ideophonic, literary, of water
    gushing; surging; rushing
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    地狱空空荡荡，魔鬼都在人间。
    地獄空空蕩蕩，魔鬼都在人間。
    dì yù kōng kōng dàng dàng ， mó guǐ dōu zài rén jiān 。
    • Hell is empty, and all the devils are here!
  2. Mandarin
    一支大军正浩浩荡荡地行进着。
    一支大軍正浩浩蕩蕩地行進着。
    yī zhī dà jūn zhèng hào hào dàng dàng dì xíng jìn zhe 。
    • A large army is proudly proceeding.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    游行队伍浩浩荡荡地噉前进。
    遊行隊伍浩浩蕩蕩地噉前進。
    jau4 hang4 deoi6 ng5 hou6 hou6 dong6 dong6 gam2 cin4 zeon3.
    • The paraders marched forward in an endless procession.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    关门主义“为渊驱鱼，为丛驱雀”，把“千千万万”和“浩浩荡荡”都赶到敌人那一边去，只博得敌人的喝采。
    關門主義“為淵驅魚，為叢驅雀”，把“千千萬萬”和“浩浩蕩蕩”都趕到敵人那一邊去，只博得敵人的喝采。
    guān mén zhǔ yì “ wèi yuān qū yú ， wèi cóng qū què ” ， bǎ “ qiān qiān wàn wàn ” hé “ hào hào dàng dàng ” dōu gǎn dào dí rén nà yī biān qù ， zhǐ bó dé dí rén de hè cǎi ．
    • Closed-doorism just "drives the fish into deep waters and the sparrows into the thickets", and it will drive the millions upon millions of the masses, this mighty army, over to the enemy's side, which will certainly win his acclaim.
  2. Mandarin
    华埠的主要购物街多半垂下铁闸,经常人挤人的“勿街”,呈现出一种空荡荡的深沉落寞,餐馆也歇了业,只有两家点心铺的门是开著的。
    華埠的主要購物街多半垂下鐵閘,經常人擠人的“勿街”,呈現出一種空蕩蕩的深沉落寞,餐館也歇了業,只有兩家點心鋪的門是開著的。
    huá bù de zhǔ yào gòu wù jiē duō bàn chuí xià tiě zhá ， jīng cháng rén jǐ rén de “ wù jiē ” ， chéng xiàn chū yī zhǒng kōng dàng dàng de shēn chén luò mò ， cān guǎn yě xiē le yè ， zhǐ yǒu liǎng jiā diǎn xīn pū de mén shì kāi zhù de ．
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