大伯
dà bó
Pinyin
Definition
大伯
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- husband's older brother
- brother-in-law
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 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
- 1 very auspicious
- 2 extremely lucky
- 1 everyone
- 2 influential family
- 3 great expert
- 1 prize
- 2 award
- 1 liar's dice (dice game)
Idioms (20)
不分伯仲
- 1 lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent
- 2 nothing to choose between them
不识大体
- 1 to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
- 2 to fail to grasp the big picture
久仰大名
- 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
以小挤大
- 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
元恶大憝
- 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
Sample Sentences
大伯,天还是黑乎乎的,割稻子的时候会不会把手给割破了?
Uncle, it's still pretty dark out. When you harvest the rice, won't you cut your hands?
我知道了。哎,大伯,这么大一片田,自己割得割到什么时候啊?为什么不用收割机啊?
Got it. Hey, uncle, this is such a big field. How long does it take you to harvest it yourself? Why don't you use a harvester?
没事的。要不你坐在田埂上休息一下。下午大伯带你去山上摘野桃子,野草莓。这些在城里买都买不到。
No worries. How about you take a rest on the ridge here. In the afternoon I'll take you up the mountain to pick some wild peaches and strawberries. You can't buy those in the city.
哇,太好了!大伯,我们早点去!
Wow, that's sounds great! Uncle, let's go soon!
大伯是你爸的大哥,对吗?
'Dabo' is your father's eldest brother, right?
大伯好。
Dabo, hello.
大伯好。
Dabo, hello.