hei3 sai3 bong6 bok3氣勢磅礴气势磅礴
Jyutpinghei3 sai3 bong6 bok3
Yalehei sai bohng bok
Definition
Majestic, grand, or imposing in manner or scale.
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How it's used
This idiom describes a sense of overwhelming scale, power, or grandeur, often used for natural landscapes like mountains, oceans, or waterfalls. It carries a literary weight that makes it sound quite formal or descriptive, so it is rarely used in casual, everyday conversation about mundane objects. When used, it emphasizes a feeling of awe or being impressed by the sheer magnitude of a scene.
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Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use this to describe people or small objects, but it is strictly reserved for large, imposing, or grand phenomena. It is not appropriate for describing a person's personality or a small room.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
