大象
dà xiàng
Pinyin

Definition

大象
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dà xiàng
  1. elephant
  2. CL:隻|只[zhī]

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)
人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
  1. 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (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)

Sample Sentences

我饿得能吃下一头大象。
wǒ è de néng chīxià yī tóu dàxiàng 。
I'm so hungry I could eat an elephant.
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今年的第九号台风大象台风已经形成，从卫星云图上，可以看到台风的中心位置在台北的东北东方，大约三百三十公里的海面上。
jīnnián de dì jiǔ hào táifēng dàxiàng táifēng yǐjīng xíngchéng ，cóng wèixīngyúntú shàng ，kěyǐ kàndào táifēng de zhōngxīn wèizhi zài Táiběi de dōngběidōng fāng ，dàyuē sānbǎi sānshí gōnglǐ de hǎimiàn shàng 。
The ninth typhoon of this year Typhoon Chan-hom has already taken form. As you can see from the satellite image of the cloud patterns, the typhoon's center is located east-northeast of Taipei, at around 330 kilometers out to sea.
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真形象！那这个骑在大象上的就是骑象罗汉咯？
zhēn xíngxiàng ！nà zhè ge qí zài dàxiàng shàng de jiùshì qíxiàngluóhàn lo ？
I can see that! Then this one riding an elephant is the Elephant Riding Arhat?
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大象有多重？
dàxiàng yǒu duō zhòng ？
How heavy is an elephant?
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大象有一吨。
dàxiàng yǒu yī dūn 。
An elephant weighs a ton.
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一只大象
yī zhī dàxiàng
An elephant.
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大象又高又大，腿就像宫殿的柱子一样粗，最高的人走过去，还不到大象的肚子。
dàxiàng yòu gāo yòu dà ，tuǐ jiù xiàng gōngdiàn de zhùzi yīyàng cū ，zuì gāo de rén zǒu guòqù ，hái bùdào dàxiàng de dùzi 。
The elephant was both tall and large. Its legs were as thick as the palace's pillars. The tallest person could stand next to it and not even come up to its belly.
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曹操的小儿子叫曹冲，在他五六岁的时候，有人给他爸爸曹操送来了一头大象。曹操很高兴，就带着曹冲和文武百官一起去看。
Cáo Cāo de xiǎo\'érzi jiào Cáo Chōng ，zài tā wǔliù suì de shíhou ，yǒurén gěi tā bàba Cáo Cāo sòng lái le yī tóu dàxiàng 。Cáo Cāo hěn gāoxìng ，jiù dài zhe Cáo Chōng hé wénwǔbǎiguān yīqǐ qù kàn 。
Cao Cao's son was named Cao Chong. When he was five or six years old, someone gave his father an elephant. Cao Cao was really happy. He brought Cao Chong and all of his ministers to see it.
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我不知道。大象太大了。妈妈你快讲。
wǒ bù zhīdào 。dàxiàng tài dà le 。māma nǐ kuài jiǎng 。
I don't know. Elephants are really big. Tell me quick, mom!
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嗯，称一头大象有多重。你觉得要怎么称？
ng4 ，chēng yī tóu dàxiàng yǒu duō zhòng 。nǐ juéde yào zěnme chēng ？
Yep. He weighed an elephant to see how heavy it was. How do you think he weighed it?
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