大都市
dà dū shì
Pinyin

Definition

大都市
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dà dū shì
  1. metropolis
  2. large city
  3. megacity

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

城市
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 classifier: 座 zuò
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
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
大话骰
dà huà tóu
  1. 1 liar's dice (dice game)
都
Dū
  1. 1 surname Du

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)
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
  1. 1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)

Sample Sentences

上海的陆家嘴到了，大家跟着我下车，一起来领略一下现代化大都市的风采。
Shànghǎi de Lùjiāzuǐ dào le ，dàjiā gēn zhe wǒ xiàchē ，yīqǐ lái lǐnglüè yīxià xiàndàihuà dàdūshì de fēngcǎi 。
This is Shanghai's Lujiazui area. Everyone follow me off the bus and come have a taste of the metropolitan elegance of the big city.
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没错。其实我们都误解了，以为国外都是发达的大都市，到处是摩天大楼、高速公路、繁华商场和林荫草坪，其实现在这些景物在北京、上海等大城市也随处可见，在欧洲更吸引我的反倒是山间那些宏伟、辉煌的古堡。
méicuò 。qíshí wǒmen dōu wùjiě le ，yǐwéi guówài dōu shì fādá de dàdūshì ，dàochù shì mótiāndàlóu 、gāosùgōnglù 、fánhuá shāngchǎng hé línyīn cǎopíng ，qíshí xiànzài zhèxiē jǐngwù zài Běijīng 、Shànghǎi děng dàchéngshì yě suíchǔ kějiàn ，zài Ōuzhōu gèng xīyǐn wǒ de fǎndàoshì shānjiān nàxiē hóngwěi 、huīhuáng de gǔbǎo 。
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好的。据我所知，上海作为一个国际大都市，城市建设的目标是成为一个国际经济、金融、贸易和航运中心。洋山深水港正是建设航运中心的关键要素。它的建成将有力地推动我们城市的全面发展，带动社会的方方面面，当然也包括普通市民的日常生活。
hǎode 。jùwǒsuǒzhī ，Shànghǎi zuòwéi yī ge guójì dàdōushì ，chéngshìjiànshè de mùbiāo shì chéngwéi yī ge guójì jīngjì 、jīnróng 、màoyì hé hángyùn zhōngxīn 。Yángshān shēnshuǐgǎng zhèng shì jiànshè hángyùnzhōngxīn de guānjiàn yàosù 。tā de jiànchéng jiāng yǒulì de tuīdòng wǒmen chéngshì de quánmiànfāzhǎn ，dàidòng shèhuì de fāngfāngmiànmiàn ，dāngrán yě bāokuò pǔtōng shìmín de rìchángshēnghuó 。
Sure. As far as I know, for Shanghai to be a world-class metropolis, the construction goal of the city is to become an international economic, financial, trade and shipping center. The Yangshan Deep Water Harbor is a key element in creating a shipping center. Its construction will help stimulate the development of our entire city. It will help advance all aspects of society. Of course, this includes ordinary people's daily lives.
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