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东北大学
Dōng běi Dà xué
Pinyin
Definition
东北大学
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Dōng běi Dà xué
Northeastern University (in Shenyang 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shěn yáng shì], Liaoning)
Tōhoku University, Sendai, Japan
Character Decomposition
东
乚
一
小
北
北
大
大
学
⺍
冖
子
Related Words
(20)
北京
Běi jīng
1
Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
2
Peking
3
PRC government
大
dà
1
big
2
huge
3
large
4
major
5
great
6
wide
7
deep
8
older (than)
9
oldest
10
eldest
11
greatly
12
very much
13
(dialect) father
14
father's elder or younger brother
大吉
dà jí
1
very auspicious
2
extremely lucky
大家
dà jiā
1
everyone
2
influential family
3
great expert
大奖
dà jiǎng
1
prize
2
award
大话骰
dà huà tóu
1
liar's dice (dice game)
大运
Dà yùn
1
Mandate of Heaven
2
the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
3
usually written 大運河|大运河[Dà Yùn hé]
一大早
yī dà zǎo
1
at dawn
2
at first light
3
first thing in the morning
亚历山大
Yà lì shān dà
1
Alexander (name)
2
Alexandria (town name)
人大
Rén dà
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
Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhōng guó Rén mín Dà xué])
伟大
wěi dà
1
huge
2
great
3
grand
4
worthy of the greatest admiration
5
important (contribution etc)
光明正大
guāng míng zhèng dà
1
(of a person) honorable
2
not devious
3
(of a behavior) fair and aboveboard
4
without tricks
5
openly
6
(of a situation) out in the open
加大
jiā dà
1
to increase (e.g. one's effort)
加拿大
Jiā ná dà
1
Canada
2
Canadian
北
běi
1
north
2
(classical) to be defeated
北上
běi shàng
1
to go up north
北京人
Běi jīng rén
1
Beijing resident
2
Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhōu kǒu diàn], Beijing
北京市
Běi jīng Shì
1
Beijing
2
capital of People's Republic of China
3
one of the four municipalities 直轄市|直辖市[zhí xiá shì]
北国
běi guó
1
the northern part of the country
2
the North
北大
Běi Dà
1
Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
Idioms
(20)
一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
1
to live miles apart (idiom)
不识大体
bù shí dà tǐ
1
to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
2
to fail to grasp the big picture
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
1
I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
1
minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
1
arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
冒大不韪
mào dà bù wěi
1
to face opprobrium (idiom)
北叟失马
běi sǒu shī mǎ
1
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
2
fig. a blessing in disguise
3
it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
1
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
1
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
1
war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南箕北斗
nán jī běi dǒu
1
the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
南辕北辙
nán yuán běi zhé
1
to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
吃大锅饭
chī dà guō fàn
1
lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)
2
fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
吃饭皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
1
eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
哀莫大于心死
āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ
1
nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
2
no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
3
the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
4
nothing is more wretched than apathy
哄堂大笑
hōng táng dà xiào
1
the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
1
lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
嚎啕大哭
háo táo dà kū
1
to wail
2
to bawl (idiom)
四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng
1
lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)
2
this world is an illusion
因小失大
yīn xiǎo shī dà
1
to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
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