大棚

dàpéng · HSK 7

Greenhouse

🌱🏠 big (大) + shed (棚) — an oversized shed for growing crops

棚 péng on its own means a simple canopy or shed. Scale it up with 大 and you get the large plastic-covered structures Chinese farmers use as greenhouses.

大 — pictograph of a person with arms outstretched
大 is a pictograph showing a person standing with arms and legs spread wide. The outstretched arms suggest 'big' or 'great', extending from the literal image of a large stance to abstract meanings like important or grand. It is one of the oldest characters, found on oracle bones.

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