# 大笔 (dàbǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 大笔 (dàbǐ) means “a large sum of; a lot of”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: a large sum of; a lot of
- Pinyin: dàbǐ (da4 bi3)
- Traditional: 大筆
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 装修房子花了他们一大笔钱。
  Zhuāngxiū fángzi huāle tāmen yí dàbǐ qián.
  Renovating the house cost them a large sum of money.

## Characters

- [大](https://hanziro.com/word/da-big/) (dà): big; large
- [笔](https://hanziro.com/word/bi-pen/) (bǐ): pen; writing brush

https://hanziro.com/word/da-bi-large-sum/

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