大山
Dà shān
Pinyin

Definition

大山
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Dà shān
  1. Dashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV personality in PRC

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

大
dà
  1. 1 big
  2. 2 huge
  3. 3 large
  4. 4 major
  5. 5 great
  6. 6 wide
  7. 7 deep
  8. 8 older (than)
  9. 9 oldest
  10. 10 eldest
  11. 11 greatly
  12. 12 very much
  13. 13 (dialect) father
  14. 14 father's elder or younger brother
大吉
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky
大学
Dà xué
  1. 1 the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sì shū] in Confucianism
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
大奖
dà jiǎng
  1. 1 prize
  2. 2 award
大话骰
dà huà tóu
  1. 1 liar's dice (dice game)
大运
Dà yùn
  1. 1 Mandate of Heaven
  2. 2 the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
  3. 3 usually written 大運河|大运河[Dà Yùn hé]
山
Shān
  1. 1 surname Shan
长大
zhǎng dà
  1. 1 to grow up
一大早
yī dà zǎo
  1. 1 at dawn
  2. 2 at first light
  3. 3 first thing in the morning
上山
shàng shān
  1. 1 to go uphill
  2. 2 to spin cocoon (silkworms)
  3. 3 to pass away
下山
xià shān
  1. 1 (of the sun) to set
中山
Zhōng shān
  1. 1 refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen
  2. 2 Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
  3. 3 Nakayama (Japanese surname)
亚历山大
Yà lì shān dà
  1. 1 Alexander (name)
  2. 2 Alexandria (town name)
人大
Rén dà
  1. 1 (Chinese) National People's Congress (abbr. for 全國人民代表大會|全国人民代表大会[Quán guó Rén mín Dài biǎo Dà huì])
  2. 2 Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhōng guó Rén mín Dà xué])
人山人海
rén shān rén hǎi
  1. 1 multitude
  2. 2 vast crowd
伏牛山
Fú niú shān
  1. 1 Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉[Qín lǐng shān mài], Shaanxi
佛山
Fó shān
  1. 1 Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong
佛山市
Fó shān shì
  1. 1 Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng dōng shěng]
伟大
wěi dà
  1. 1 huge
  2. 2 great
  3. 3 grand
  4. 4 worthy of the greatest admiration
  5. 5 important (contribution etc)

Idioms (20)

一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
不识大体
bù shí dà tǐ
  1. 1 to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail to grasp the big picture
不识泰山
bù shí Tài Shān
  1. 1 can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
不显山不露水
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
他山之石可以攻玉
tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù
  1. 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
  2. 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
  1. 1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
冒大不韪
mào dà bù wěi
  1. 1 to face opprobrium (idiom)
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
吃大锅饭
chī dà guō fàn
  1. 1 lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
吃饭皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
  1. 1 eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
名落孙山
míng luò Sūn Shān
  1. 1 lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sūn Shān] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to fail an exam
  3. 3 to fall behind (in a competition)
哀莫大于心死
āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ
  1. 1 nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
  2. 2 no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
  3. 3 the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
  4. 4 nothing is more wretched than apathy
哄堂大笑
hōng táng dà xiào
  1. 1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
嚎啕大哭
háo táo dà kū
  1. 1 to wail
  2. 2 to bawl (idiom)
四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng
  1. 1 lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)
  2. 2 this world is an illusion
因小失大
yīn xiǎo shī dà
  1. 1 to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
地动山摇
dì dòng shān yáo
  1. 1 the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle

Sample Sentences

当然，大山谁不知道啊。
dāngrán ，dàshān shéi bù zhīdào ā 。
Of course! Who doesn’t know Dashan?
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噢！那你可是第二个大山了。对了，大山你听说过吗？是你的老乡。
ō ！nà nǐ kě shì dì èr ge Dàshān le 。duìle ，Dàshān nǐ tīngshuō guo ma ？shì nǐ de lǎoxiāng 。
Whoa! Well, then you must be the second Dashan! Oh right, have you heard of Dashan before? He is your fellow countryman.
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我们先听大山说相声，然后听周杰伦唱歌。
wǒmen xiān tīng Dàshān shuō xiàngsheng ，ránhòu tīng Zhōu Jiélún chànggē 。
First, we'll hear Da Shan's cross-talk, and then afterward we'll listen as Jay Chow sings a song.
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主持人经常说:“谢谢大山的相声，接下来我们要请周杰伦唱歌。”
zhǔchírén jīngcháng shuō :“xièxie Dàshān de xiàngsheng ，jiē xiàlái wǒmen yào qǐng Zhōu Jiélún chànggē 。”
The host often says: "Thanks for Da Shan's cross-talk [a type of comedy routine]. And next up, Jay Chow will sing a song."
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有一个老人叫愚公，他家门前有两座大山挡着路，他决定和家人一起移山。
yǒu yī ge lǎorén jiào Yú Gōng ，tā jiā ménqián yǒu liǎng zuò dàshān dǎng zhe lù ，tā juédìng hé jiārén yīqǐ yí shān 。
There was an old man named Yu Gong. In front of the gate of his home were two big mountains blocking the road. He decided, together with his family, to move the mountains.
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