大道理
dà dào li
Pinyin

Definition

大道理
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dà dào li
  1. major principle
  2. general truth
  3. sermon (reproof)
  4. bombastic talk

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)

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
一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head
  3. 3 to be pithy and correct
不可理喻
bù kě lǐ yù
  1. 1 to be impervious to reason (idiom)
  2. 2 unreasonable
不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不理不睬
bù lǐ bù cǎi
  1. 1 to completely ignore (idiom)
  2. 2 to pay no attention to
  3. 3 not to be in the least concerned about

Sample Sentences

说回来你还是顾面子！大道理你倒是滔滔不绝，等困难真的来了，你肯定哭着闹着要把妈送敬老院。
shuō huílai nǐ hái shì gù miànzi ！dàdàolǐ nǐ dàoshì tāotāobùjué ，děng kùnnan zhēnde láile ，nǐ kěndìng kū zhe nào zhe yào bǎ mā sòng jìnglǎoyuàn 。
Getting back to the original topic, you really care what others think! You'll talk all day about principles. But as soon as the going gets tough, you'll be sure to cry and fuss and want to put her in a retirement home!
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你别讲什么大道理了，就直接说怎么补吧。
nǐ bié jiǎng shénme dà dàolǐ le ，jiù zhíjiē shuō zěnme bǔ ba 。
You don't have talk about all this big picture stuff. Just tell us directly how to fix it.
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