大男人
dà nán rén
Pinyin

Definition

大男人
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dà nán rén
  1. very masculine guy
  2. a real man
  3. (used ironically) a grown man

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
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

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)

Sample Sentences

大男人的，大概没有特别偏好什么花吧，请花店弄个简单一点的花束，味道颜色都不要太浓烈就好。
dànánrén de ，dàgài méiyǒu tèbié piānhào shénme huā ba ，qǐng huādiàn nòng gè jiǎndān yīdiǎn de huā shù ，wèidao yánsè dōu bù yào tài nóngliè jiù hǎo 。
He's a bit of a macho man. I don't think he has any particular preference for any flower. Ask the florist to make up a simple bouquet, and request that the smell isn't too strong and the colors aren't too bright and that should be fine.
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都不是、都不是，你知道的，我家那口子好面子，爱买名牌，我一个大男人，总不能连钱都拿不出手吧？
dōu bù shì 、dōu bù shì ，nǐ zhīdào de ，wǒjiā nà kǒuzi hào miànzi ，ài mǎi míngpái ，wǒ yí ge dànánrén ，zǒng bùnéng lián qián dōu nábùchū shǒu ba ？
It's not that, it's not that. You know my wife likes to keep up appearances. She likes buying big brands and how can a big fella like me not provide for her?
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你一个大男人，连自己老婆都管不好，还能有多大本事，就让他们办了你，省得我一天到晚给你擦屁股。
nǐ yí ge dànánrén ，lián zìjǐ lǎopó dōu guǎn bù hǎo ，hái néng yǒu duō dà běnshì ，jiù ràng tāmen bàn le nǐ ，shěngde wǒ yìtiāndàowǎn gěi nǐ cā pìgu 。
You're a big fella indeed, you can't even keep your own wife in check. If you can't do that what can you do? I should let them prosecute you, to save me from having to wipe your bum for you from morning to night.
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聊天？两个大男人，有什么好聊的？你不说什么事，我可不去。
liáotiān ？liǎng gè dànánrén ，yǒu shénme hǎo liáo de ？nǐ bù shuō shénme shì ，wǒ kě bù qù 。
Chat? What do two grown men have to talk about? If you don't have something to talk with me about, then I won't go.
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大男人
dànánrén
manly man
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就看过那部魔法石的电影。我一个快奔三的大男人了，哪有闲情看这个！魔法是西方小孩喜欢的吧？
jiù kàn guo nà bù mófǎshí de diànyǐng 。wǒ yī ge kuài bènsān de dànánrén le ，nǎyǒu xiánqíng kàn zhège ！mófǎ shì xīfāng xiǎohái xǐhuan de ba ？
I have only seen ''The Sorcerer's Stone" movie. I am almost 30 years old--I don't have the time for things like this. Kids in the west are really into sorcery, hey?
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呸、呸、呸，别说这种不吉利的话。你一个大男人，怎么这么没用？现在不是不颠了吗？
pēi 、pēi 、pēi ，bié shuō zhèzhǒng bù jílì de huà 。nǐ yī ge dànánrén ，zěnme zhème méiyòng ？xiànzài bù shì bù diān le ma ？
Nah, nah, nah. Don't go and jinx us. You are a grown man. Why are you so useless? Is it not just turbulence?
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漂亮是漂亮，不过我一个大男人，戴首饰好像怪怪的。
piàoliang shì piàoliang ，bùguò wǒ yī ge dànánrén ，dài shǒushì hǎoxiàng guàiguài de 。
It is very beautiful. But it would seem sort of strange for a man like me to wear this.
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