大运 (大運)
Dà yùn
Pinyin

Definition

大运 (大運)
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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]

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

猴年行大运
hóu nián xíngdàyùn
may the year of the monkey bring you great luck
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X年行大运也是一个公式，每年都可以用。
X nián xíngdàyùn yě shì yī gè gōngshì ，měinián dōu kěyǐ yòng 。
The "I wish everyone a great deal of luck in the Year of the XXX" is also another formula that you can use every year.
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那我祝大家鸡年行大运。
nà wǒ zhù dàjiā jī nián xíngdàyùn 。
So I'll just wish everyone a great deal of luck in the Year of the Rooster.
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原来是要留给我发挥，早说嘛，听好了，羊年祝你行大运！
yuánlái shì yào liú gěi wǒ fāhuī ，zǎo shuō ma ，tīnghǎo le ，yángnián zhù nǐ xíngdàyùn ！
Ah, you wanted to let me be a bit creative, you should have told me before. Listen up! I wish you a lot of luck in the Year of the Goat!
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祝你龙年行大运，发大财。
zhù nǐ lóng nián xíngdàyùn ，fādàcái 。
I wish you great luck and prosperity in the year of the dragon.
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民间传说是为了在年三十晚上赶走一个专门害小孩子的妖怪。长辈给晚辈压岁钱呢，就是送护身符，保平安。后来就变成了新年的习俗，讨个吉利。“发”压岁钱的人呢，来年就能行大运，发大财！而且最好都是新钱，钞票的号码还要相连，表示“连连高升”！
mínjiān chuánshuō shì wèile zài niánsānshí wǎnshang gǎnzǒu yī ge zhuānmén hài xiǎoháizi de yāoguài 。zhǎngbèi gěi wǎnbèi yāsuìqián ne ，jiùshì sòng hùshēnfú ，bǎo píng ān 。hòulái jiù biànchéng le xīnnián de xísú ，tǎo ge jílì 。“fā ”yāsuìqián de rén ne ，láinián jiù néng xíngdàyùn ，fādàcái ！érqiě zuìhǎo dōu shì xīn qián ，chāopiào de hàomǎ hái yào xiānglián ，biǎoshì “liánliángāoshēng ”！
A folk legend says that it's to scare off a monster that harms little children on the last day before the Lunar New Year. The older generation gives money to the younger generation as a way of protecting them. Later on, it became a New Year custom, something auspicious. People who give out money will be very lucky, and they'll get rich. And it's best if it's new money. The numbers on the money should be in sequence, to show ``getting higher all the time."
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