大街
dà jiē
Pinyin

Definition

大街
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dà jiē
  1. street
  2. main street
  3. CL:條|条[tiáo]

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)
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
冒大不韪
mào dà bù wěi
  1. 1 to face opprobrium (idiom)

Sample Sentences

年货大街
niánhuò dàjiē
Chinese New Year merchandise street
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大街上随处可见的京牌汽车、北京本土的餐饮连锁店……
dàjiē shàng suíchù kě jiàn de jīngpái qìchē 、Běijīng běntǔ de cānyǐn liánsuǒdiàn ……
The streets are filled with cars carrying Beijing plates and Beijing chain restaurants....
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我住长安大街附近，你知道花旗银行不？我家就在银行左边那栋楼。
wǒ zhù chángān dàjiē fùjìn ，nǐ zhīdào huāqíyínháng bù ？wǒjiā jiù zài yínháng zuǒbiān nà dòng lóu 。
I live near Changan Street. Do you know where the Citibank is? My place is in the building to the left of the bank.
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迪士尼乐园都差不多吧，都是主题乐园，像“米奇大街”啦，“探险岛”啦，这样的。
Díshìní lèyuán dōu chàbuduō ba ，dōu shì zhǔtílèyuán ，xiàng “mǐqí dàjiē ”la ，“tànxiǎn dǎo ”la ，zhèyàng de 。
All the Disneylands are pretty similar, no? They are all theme parks, with "Mickey Avenue", "Adventure Isle" and so on.
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你们看，这是中央大街。
nǐmen kàn ，zhè shì Zhōngyāng dàjiē 。
You see, this is Central Avenue
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每条大街小巷，每个人的嘴里；
měi tiáo dàjiēxiǎoxiàng ，měi gè rén de zuǐ lǐ ；
On every street, in every alley, on every person's lips;
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多亏是在沙滩上，如果出现在大街上，肯定会被认为是抢银行的。不过防晒很有必要，俗话说：“一白遮三丑”，白了显得好看。
duōkuī shì zài shātān shàng ，rúguǒ chūxiàn zài dàjiē shang ，kěndìng huì bèi rènwéi shì qiǎng yínháng de 。bùguò fángshài hěnyǒu bìyào ，súhuà shuō ：“yībáizhēsānchǒu ”，bái le xiǎnde hǎokàn 。
Fortunately they're wearing them at the beach. If people appeared wearing these on a major street, they'd definitely be taken as bank robbers. However, blocking the sun is very necessary. As the saying goes, "whiteness covers up ugliness." White looks better.
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难怪女人都喜欢白，怕晒黑。别说海滩了，你看大街上，骑自行车的，走路的，哪一个不是全副武装？
nánguài nǚrén dōu xǐhuan bái ，pà shàihēi 。bié shuō hǎitān le ，nǐ kàn dàjiē shang ，qí zìxíngchē de ，zǒu lù de ，nǎ yī ge bùshì quánfù wǔzhuāng ？
No wonder women all love white skin and fear getting tan. It's not just at the beach. Look at the people on the street, riding bikes, walking; which of them aren't completely outfitted to protect against the sun?
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这事儿啊！行！为了维护哥们儿的爱情果实，我就是睡大街上也愿意。
zhè shìr a ！xíng ！wèile wéihù gēmenr de àiqíng guǒshi ，wǒ jiùshì shuì dàjiē shang yě yuànyì 。
Oh, that? No problem! For the well-being of my bro's relationship, I'd even sleep outside on the street.
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啊？在大街上量啊？这么多人！多尴尬啊！
ǎ ？zài dàjiē shang liáng a ？zhème duō rén ！duō gāngà a ！
Yeah? On the street? There are so many people around! How embarrassing!
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