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大步流星
dà bù liú xīng
Pinyin
Definition
大步流星
-
dà bù liú xīng
at a stride
taking large steps (while walking)
Character Decomposition
大
大
步
止
小
丿
流
氵
亠
厶
儿
丨
星
日
生
Related Words
(20)
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
大学
Dà xué
1
the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sì shū] in Confucianism
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]
明星
míng xīng
1
star
2
celebrity
星座
xīng zuò
1
constellation
2
astrological sign
3
CL:張|张[zhāng]
步
Bù
1
surname Bu
长大
zhǎng dà
1
to grow up
一大早
yī dà zǎo
1
at dawn
2
at first light
3
first thing in the morning
一流
yī liú
1
top quality
2
front ranking
三星
Sān xīng
1
Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
2
Samsung (South Korean electronics company)
下流
xià liú
1
lower course of a river
2
low-class
3
mean and lowly
4
vulgar
5
obscene
主流
zhǔ liú
1
main stream (of a river)
2
fig. the essential point
3
main viewpoint of a matter
4
mainstream (culture etc)
五星
wǔ xīng
1
the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
五星级
wǔ xīng jí
1
five-star (hotel)
亚历山大
Yà lì shān dà
1
Alexander (name)
2
Alexandria (town name)
交流
jiāo liú
1
to exchange
2
exchange
3
communication
4
interaction
5
to have social contact (with sb)
Idioms
(20)
一步一个脚印
yī bù yī gè jiǎo yìn
1
one step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress
2
reliable
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
1
reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
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)
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
1
the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
2
the pot calls the kettle black
亦步亦趋
yì bù yì qū
1
to blindly follow suit (idiom)
2
to imitate slavishly
3
to do what everyone else is doing
人往高处走,水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
1
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
2
one should constantly strive to make progress
付之东流
fù zhī dōng liú
1
to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
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)
口碑流传
kǒu bēi liú chuán
1
widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
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)
同流合污
tóng liú hé wū
1
to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others
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)
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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