大雅
dà yǎ
Pinyin

Definition

大雅
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dà yǎ
  1. one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
大雅
 - 
Dà yǎ
  1. Taya township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan

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)

一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
  1. 1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. casual acquaintance
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)

Sample Sentences

晋侯设宴招待两位诸侯，为表达欢迎恭敬之意，引用《诗经.大雅.嘉乐》“嘉乐君子，显显令德，宜民宜人，受禄于天”以此来赞美两位诸侯。见此刻气氛不错，陪同齐侯出使的大夫便引用《诗经.小雅.蓼萧》中“既见君子，孔燕岂弟，宜兄宜弟”来表达齐侯是为卫侯而来，也希望晋侯能像对待兄弟一般对待各诸侯。
jìnhóu shè yàn zhāodài liǎng wèi zhūhóu ，wèi biǎodá huānyíng gōngjìng zhī yì ，yǐnyòng 《shījīng .dàyǎ .jiālè 》“jiālè jūnzǐ ，xiǎnxiǎn lìngdé ，yímínyírén ，shòulù yú tiān ”yǐcǐ lái zànměi liǎng wèi zhūhóu 。jiàn cǐ kè qìfen bùcuò ，péitóng qíhóu chūshǐ de dàifu biàn yǐnyòng 《shījīng .xiǎoyǎ .lǎoxiāo 》zhōng “jì jiàn jūnzǐ ，kǒngyàn kǎitì ，yí xiōng yí dì ”lái biǎodá qíhóu shì wèi wèihóu ér lái ，yě xīwàng jìnhóu néng xiàng duìdài xiōngdì yībān duìdài gè zhūhóu 。
The Marquis of Jin put on a feast to welcome the two dukes out of respect and quoted Jia Le from the Greater Odes of the Kingdom in the Book Of Songs, "Of our admirable, amiable, sovereign, Most illustrious is the excellent virtue. He orders rightly the people, orders rightly the officers, And receives his dignity from heaven," to praise the two dukes. Seeing that the atmosphere was so good, when he was accompanying the senior official dispatched abroad the Duke of Qi he quoted Liao Xiao in the Minor Odes of the Kingdom in the Book of Songs, "Now that I see my noble men, Grandly we feast, delighted and at ease. May their relations with their brothers be right!" to express that the Duke of Qi had come for the Duke of Wei, and to express hope that the Marquis of Jin would treat the dukes as brothers.
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