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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 大道理
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 大道理 | dà dào li | - major principle - general truth - sermon (reproof) - bombastic talk |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 20,634 | 29,981 | 17,292 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 大 | dà | - big; large; great - older (than another person) - eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) - greatly; freely; fully - (dialect) father - (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 | dài | - see 大夫[dai4 fu5] |
| 道 | dào | - road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) - (bound form) way; reason; principle - (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization - (Daoism) the Way; the Dao - to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) - (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) - classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process - (old) circuit (administrative division) |
| 理 | lǐ | - texture - grain (of wood) - inner essence - intrinsic order - reason - logic - truth - science - natural science (esp. physics) - to manage - to pay attention to - to run (affairs) - to handle - to put in order - to tidy up |
Other Words Containing 大道理
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 大道理 | - | - | 20,634 | 29,981 | 17,292 |