大多数 (大多數)
dà duō shù
Pinyin

Definition

大多数 (大多數)
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dà duō shù
  1. (great) majority

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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

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
不遑多让
bù huáng duō ràng
  1. 1 lit. to have no time for civilities (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not to be outdone
  3. 3 not to yield to one's opponents
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
人多势众
rén duō shì zhòng
  1. 1 many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength
  2. 2 There is safety in numbers.
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)

Sample Sentences

比如沙漠里的动物—狮子、鸟、蜥蜴、蜘蛛、青蛙等等—大多数都有微黄的“沙漠色”作为它们的保护色；深海生物则因为红光不易穿透到深海，所以这里的鱼大多是红色的；而雪地上的动物—比如北极熊、北极兔—则会披上一层白色，让它们能安稳地藏在雪白世界中。
bǐrú shāmò lǐ de dòngwù —shīzi 、niǎo 、xīyì 、zhīzhū 、qīngwā děngděng —dàduōshù dōu yǒu wēi huáng de “shāmò sè ”zuòwéi tāmen de bǎohùsè ；shēnhǎi shēngwù zé yīnwèi hóng guāng bùyì chuāntòu dào shēnhǎi ，suǒyǐ zhèlǐ de yú dàduō shì hóngsè de ；ér xuě dì shàng de dòngwù —bǐrú běijíxióng 、běijí tù —zé huì pī shàng yī céng báisè ，ràng tāmen néng ānwěn de cáng zài xuěbái shìjiè zhōng 。
For example, in the desert, lions, birds, lizards, spiders, frogs and so on all have a light yellow “desert color” as their camouflage. Creatures in the deep ocean are often red because light cannot be easily shunned through in the deep sea. Lastly, animals that live in the snow, such as Polar Bears and Arctic Rabbits, will have a coat of white so that they can hide peacefully in the snowfield.
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当然外出旅行是大多数人的选择，尤其是现在随着国内经济的不断发展，私家车也越来越多，大家都会在假期的时候选择自驾游出行。
dāngrán wàichū lǚxíng shì dàduōshù rén de xuǎnzé ，yóuqí shì xiànzài suízhe guónèijīngjì de bùduàn fāzhǎn ，sījiāchē yě yuèláiyuèduō ，dàjiā dōu huì zài jiàqī de shíhou xuǎnzé zìjiàyóu chūxíng 。
Of course most people choose to go travelling, especially given that as the domestic economy has continued to develop, there are more and more private cars, so everyone normally chooses to go travelling in their own cars during vacation time.
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总有一种“难”，大多数妈妈都会狭路相逢避无可避，就是永远会有“别人家的孩子”，你在意或不在意，他们都明晃晃地矗立在那里。
zǒngyǒu yīzhǒng “nán ”，dàduōshù māma dōu huì xiálùxiāngféng bì wúkě bì ，jiùshì yǒngyuǎn huì yǒu “biéren jiā de háizi ”，nǐ zàiyì huò bùzàiyì ，tāmen dōu mínghuǎnghuǎng de chùlì zài nàli 。
There is a difficulty, that most moms unavoidably encounter on a narrow road, that is other family’s child. Whether you pay attention or not, they always stand there brightly.
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不是我泼你冷水啊兄弟，我慢慢给你分析啊，咱们大多数人在看待结果的时候呢，往往都会走进归因偏差的误区，可毕竟成功不能进行片面归因。
bùshì wǒ pō nǐ lěngshuǐ ā xiōngdì ，wǒ mànmàn gěi nǐ fēnxī ā ，zánmen dàduōshù rén zài kàndài jiéguǒ de shíhou ne ，wǎngwǎng dōuhuì zǒujìn guīyīn piānchā de wùqū ，kě bìjìng chénggōng bùnéng jìnxíng piànmiàn guīyīn 。
I'm not trying to rain on your parade or anything, buddy. How about I break it down for you. When the majority of us are looking to an outcome, we'll often fall into the trap of an attribution bias. Although of course even if you're successful you can't carry out subjective attribution.
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少之又少吧，绝大多数不是碌碌无为，就是社会破坏分子，成天制造骚乱暴动。
shǎozhīyòushǎo ba ，juédàduōshù bùshì lùlù wúwéi ，jiùshì shèhuì pòhuài fènzǐ ，chéngtiān zhìzào sāoluàn bàodòng 。
Very few, no? The majority, if they don't become talentless wasters, become anti-social members of society, causing trouble and disturbances.
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诶，这可不好说，据我个人观察呢，时下年轻人确实喜欢寻求各种美食新体验，不过大多数充其量也就是吃货。
èi ，zhè kě bùhǎoshuō ，jù wǒ gèrén guānchá ne ，shíxià niánqīngrén quèshí xǐhuan xúnqiú gèzhǒng měishí xīn tǐyàn ，bùguò dàduōshù chōngqíliàng yějiùshì chīhuò 。
Agh, it's not really that easy to say. In my own view, young people these days really do like to seek out new dining experiences, but the majority of people at most are foodies.
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第一是，所谓的现代化，其实说穿了就是便利性。简便，迅速是现代人对周遭所有事物的诉求，于是大多数人便养成了同时多工的习惯，以及预期即刻效果的心态。
dì yī shì ，suǒwèi de xiàndàihuà ，qíshí shuōchuān le jiùshì biànlìxìng 。jiǎnbiàn ，xùnsù shì xiàndài rén duì zhōuzāo suǒyǒu shìwù de sùqiú ，yúshì dàduōshù rén biàn yǎngchéng le tóngshí duōgōng de xíguàn ，yǐjí yùqī jíkè xiàoguǒ de xīntài 。
The first is that what you call modernization, when you really look at it, is just convenience. Simple, convenient and quick are the demands people make of the things around them these days, so the majority of people get into the habit of doing several things at the one time and approach things with the expectation of instant results.
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事实上，大多数人家里都有车、有狗，但可不都那样美好。
shìshíshàng ，dàduōshù rén jiālǐ dōu yǒu chē 、yǒu gǒu ，dàn kěbù dōu nàyàng měihǎo 。
Actually, the majority of people have cars and dogs, but it's definitely not always that perfect.
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但是这是事实，并不是每个人都像你一样爱狗，大多数的人会觉得这些狗又脏又臭。
dànshì zhè shì shìshí ，bìngbúshì měi ge rén dōu xiàng nǐ yīyàng àigǒu ，dàduōshù de rén huì juéde zhèxiē gǒu yòu zāng yòu chòu 。
But that is reality, not everyone loves dogs as much as you do, the majority of people think that the dogs are dirty and smely.
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