宏观

hóng guān · HSK 7

macro-

🌍 宏 grand + 观 view = the grand view: the whole system, not the details

宏 means grand or vast; 观 means to view or observe. Together they name the big-picture, whole-system level — the opposite of the fine-grained 微观 (micro). Macroeconomics is 宏观经济学: the grand-view economy.

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