多多益善 - the more the better - duō duō yì shàn | Definition | ChinesePod.com

多多益善

duō duō yì shàn

Pinyin

Definition

多多益善

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duō duō yì shàn

the more the better

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

duō

1 many
2 much
3 often
4 a lot of
5 numerous
6 more
7 in excess
8 how (to what extent)
9 multi-
10 Taiwan pr. [duó] when it means "how"

duō shǎo

1 number
2 amount
3 somewhat

èr shí duō

1 over 20

gōng yì

1 public good
2 public welfare

lì yì

1 benefit
2 (in sb's) interest
3 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

不遑多让

bù huáng duō ràng

1 lit. to have no time for civilities (idiom)
2 fig. not to be outdone
3 not to yield to one's opponents

乏善可陈

fá shàn kě chén

1 to be nothing to write home about (idiom)

人多势众

rén duō shì zhòng

1 many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength
2 There is safety in numbers.

以少胜多

yǐ shǎo shèng duō

1 using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness

来者不善，善者不来

lái zhě bù shàn , shàn zhě bù lái

1 He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).
2 Be careful not to trust foreigners.
3 Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!

Sample Sentences

妈，并不是凡事都多多益善。医生也说了，产后适当休息、适当进补就可以了，还有适当运动也很重要，否则反而不利于身体恢复。

mā ，bìngbùshì fánshì dōu duōduōyìshàn 。yīshēng yě shuō le ，chǎnhòu shìdàng xiūxi 、shìdàng jìnbǔ jiù kěyǐ le ，háiyǒu shìdàng yùndòng yě hěn zhòngyào ，fǒuzé fǎnér bùlìyú shēntǐ huīfù 。