大米
dà mǐ
Pinyin

Definition

大米
 - 
dà mǐ
  1. (husked) rice

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
大话骰
dà huà tóu
  1. 1 liar's dice (dice game)

Idioms (20)

不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
  1. 1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
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)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
  1. 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  3. 3 to go for wool and come back shorn

Sample Sentences

我爱你，就像老鼠爱大米
wǒ ài nǐ ，jiù xiàng lǎoshǔ ài dàmǐ
I love you, just like the mouse love the rice.
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杨臣刚《老鼠爱大米》
yángchéngāng 《lǎoshǔ ài dàmǐ 》
Chengang Yang – The Mouse Loves the Rice
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哎，不吃大米了。下了班去超市买面粉去。
āi ，bù chī dàmǐ le 。xià le bān qù chāoshì mǎi miànfěn qù 。
Hey, no more eating rice. After I get off work, I'm going to the supermarket to buy some flour.
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霉大米，镉大米，染色馒头，地沟油，塑化剂……问题咋这么多呢？
méi dàmǐ ，gé dàmǐ ，rǎnsè mántou ，dìgōuyóu ，sùhuàjì ……wèntí zǎ zhème duō ne ？
Moldy rice, cadmium rice, mantou full of dye, gutter oil, plasticizers... how can there be so many problems?
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你们看新闻了吗？大米又出问题了。说是什么镉超标。
nǐmen kàn xīnwén le ma ？dàmǐ yòu chū wèntí le 。shuō shì shénme gé chāobiāo 。
Have you all seen the news? There's a problem with rice again. They say it's something about excessive levels of cadmium.
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这个大米镉超标问题更严重，不仅仅是召回的问题。说明土地质量出了问题。不管种出什么来都会重金属超标。
zhè ge dàmǐ gé chāobiāo wèntí gèng yánzhòng ，bùjǐnjǐn shì zhàohuí de wèntí 。shuōmíng tǔdì zhìliàng chū le wèntí 。bùguǎn zhòng chū shénme lái dōuhuì zhòngjīnshǔ chāobiāo 。
This problem with cadmium rice is even more serious. It's not just a recall question. It shows that there's a problem with the quality of the soil. No matter what you plant, it's going to have excessive amounts of heavy metals in it.
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老鼠爱大米》
lǎoshǔ ài dàmǐ 》
'Mice Love Rice'
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都吃可吃不起，就是买点儿有机大米，有机蔬菜和水果。
dōu chī kě chībuqǐ ，jiùshì mǎi diǎnr yǒujī dàmǐ ，yǒujī shūcài hé shuǐguǒ 。
If that's all we ate, we couldn't afford it. I just buy some organic rice, and a few organic fruits and vegetables.
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大米的妈妈？是谁？
dàmǐ de māma ？shì shéi ？
Rice's mother? Who's that?
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你说，大米的妈妈是谁？
nǐ shuō ，dàmǐ de māma shì shéi ？
Tell me: who is rice's mother?
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