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大張旗鼓

/tä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
on a grand scale; in a big way; with great fanfare
  • 大张旗鼓
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Origin

The phrase 大張旗鼓 is composed of four characters. 大 means big, large, huge, or of great size. 旗 refers to a flag or banner and is composed of the semantic component 㫃 (the appearance of flags flying) and the phonetic component 其 (his; her; its; their). 鼓 means drum.

Regarding the components of the final character, 鼓 is formed with the components 壴 (drum) and 支 (to support; to bear; to sustain). The component 支 is itself composed of 又 (again; once more) and 竹 (bamboo).

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

「大張旗鼓」由四個漢字組成。其中「大」表示巨大、大型；「張」的原意為拉開弓弦，其字形包含表示弓（武器）的「弓」作為意符，以及表示長度的「長」作為音符；「旗」指旗幟或旗幟，其字形包含表示旗幟飄揚樣貌的「㫃」作為意符，以及「其」作為音符；「鼓」指鼓，其字形包含「壴」與「支」兩個組成部分。

在字形結構上，「支」包含「又」與「竹」兩個組成部分。根據《國語辭典》，此成語是用來比喻大力擴大規模或聲勢。

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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  • characterChinese大 “of great size; big; large; huge”
  • characterChinese張 “to string a bow; to pull a bowstring taut”
    • meaningChinese弓 “bow (weapon) (Classifier: 張／张)”
    • soundChinese長 “long (of distance)”
  • characterChinese旗 “flag; banner (Classifier: 面 m; 支 c mn-t)”
    • meaningChinese㫃 “appearance of flags flying”
    • soundChinese其 “his; her; its; their”
  • characterChinese鼓 “drum (Classifier: 面 m)”
    • ideaChinese壴 “drum”
    • ideaChinese支 “to support; to bear; to sustain”
      • ideaChinese又 “again; once more”
      • ideaChinese竹 “bamboo (Classifier: 枝; 棵 m; 根 m; 轆／辘 c)”
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Meanings

phrase
  1. on a grand scale; in a big way; with great fanfare

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 比喻大力擴大規模或聲勢。 例：為了獲得選民的支持，他大張旗鼓的舉辦了多場政見發表會。

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Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0