大口
dà kǒu
Pinyin

Definition

大口
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dà kǒu
  1. big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc)
  2. open mouth
  3. gulping
  4. gobbling
  5. gaping

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

口
kǒu
  1. 1 mouth
  2. 2 classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
  3. 3 classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
大奖
dà jiǎng
  1. 1 prize
  2. 2 award

Idioms (20)

三缄其口
sān jiān qí kǒu
  1. 1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
  2. 2 tight-lipped
不蒸馒头争口气
bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì
  1. 1 not to be crushed (idiom)
  2. 2 to be determined to have one's revenge
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
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
交口称誉
jiāo kǒu chēng yù
  1. 1 voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation

Sample Sentences

我小时候也被大人骗过。我以为是饮料呢，喝了一大口，还是白酒，哎呀，难受死了，喉咙里感觉很烫，好像有一把火一样。我眼泪都出来了。
wǒ xiǎo shíhou yě bèi dàren piàn guo 。wǒ yǐwéi shì yǐnliào ne ，hē le yīdàkǒu ，háishì báijiǔ ，āiyā ，nánshòu sǐ le ，hóulóng lǐ gǎnjué hěn tàng ，hǎoxiàng yǒu yī bǎ huǒ yīyàng 。wǒ yǎnlèi dōu chūlái le 。
When I was little, I was also tricked by the adults. I thought it was a drink, right? I drank a big gulp and it was baijiu! Jeez! I couldn't bear it. My throat felt like it was burning, like it had a ball of fire inside. I was even crying.
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