大拇指
Dà mu zhǐ
Pinyin

Definition

大拇指
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dà mu zhǐ
  1. thumb
大拇指
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Dà mu zhǐ
  1. Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales)

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)
一大早
yī dà zǎo
  1. 1 at dawn
  2. 2 at first light
  3. 3 first thing in the morning
中指
zhōng zhǐ
  1. 1 middle finger
亚历山大
Yà lì shān dà
  1. 1 Alexander (name)
  2. 2 Alexandria (town name)
人大
Rén dà
  1. 1 (Chinese) National People's Congress (abbr. for 全國人民代表大會|全国人民代表大会[Quán guó Rén mín Dài biǎo Dà huì])
  2. 2 Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhōng guó Rén mín Dà xué])
伟大
wěi dà
  1. 1 huge
  2. 2 great
  3. 3 grand
  4. 4 worthy of the greatest admiration
  5. 5 important (contribution etc)
光明正大
guāng míng zhèng dà
  1. 1 (of a person) honorable
  2. 2 not devious
  3. 3 (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard
  4. 4 without tricks
  5. 5 openly
  6. 6 (of a situation) out in the open
加大
jiā dà
  1. 1 to increase (e.g. one's effort)
加拿大
Jiā ná dà
  1. 1 Canada
  2. 2 Canadian
北大
Běi Dà
  1. 1 Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
博大
bó dà
  1. 1 enormous
  2. 2 broad
  3. 3 extensive
哈哈大笑
hā hā dà xiào
  1. 1 to laugh heartily
  2. 2 to burst into loud laughter
壮大
zhuàng dà
  1. 1 to expand
  2. 2 to strengthen
大一
dà yī
  1. 1 first-year university student
大不了
dà bù liǎo
  1. 1 at worst
  2. 2 if worst comes to worst
  3. 3 serious
  4. 4 alarming
大亨
dà hēng
  1. 1 big shot
  2. 2 top gun
  3. 3 superstar
  4. 4 VIP

Idioms (20)

一弹指顷
yī tán zhǐ qǐng
  1. 1 a snap of the fingers (idiom); in a flash
  2. 2 in the twinkling of an eye
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)
了如指掌
liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
  1. 1 to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
  2. 2 to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
令人发指
lìng rén fà zhǐ
  1. 1 to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
伸手不见五指
shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐ
  1. 1 pitch-dark (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)
十指不沾阳春水
shí zhǐ bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ
  1. 1 to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 to lead a pampered life
吃大锅饭
chī dà guō fàn
  1. 1 lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
吃饭皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
  1. 1 eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
哀莫大于心死
āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ
  1. 1 nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
  2. 2 no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
  3. 3 the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
  4. 4 nothing is more wretched than apathy
哄堂大笑
hōng táng dà xiào
  1. 1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
嚎啕大哭
háo táo dà kū
  1. 1 to wail
  2. 2 to bawl (idiom)
四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng
  1. 1 lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)
  2. 2 this world is an illusion
因小失大
yīn xiǎo shī dà
  1. 1 to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
地大物博
dì dà wù bó
  1. 1 vast territory with abundant resources (idiom)
夜郎自大
Yè láng zì dà
  1. 1 lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. foolish conceit
大事化小，小事化了
dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo
  1. 1 to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)

Sample Sentences

那个"赞"就像一个心一样的形状，或者是一个大拇指。
nà gè "zàn "jiù xiàng yī gè xīn yīyàng de xíngzhuàng ，huòzhě shì yī gè dàmǔzhǐ 。
The “like” can be in the shape of a heart or a thumbs up.
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呵呵，都说得很好，不过不是C中央哦，是中央C。好，这一节课我们要来弹一下。请同学们打开琴盖。把你们右手的大拇指侧着，自然地放在中央C这个白键上。把其余四个手指头依次放在中央C右边的四个白键上。对，很好！
hēhē ，dōu shuō de hěn hǎo ，bùguò bùshì C zhōngyāng o ，shì Zhōngyāng C 。hǎo ，zhè yī jié kè wǒmen yào lái tán yīxià 。qǐng tóngxuémen dǎkāi qíngài 。bǎ nǐmen yòushǒu de dàmǔzhǐ cè zhe ，zìrán de fàng zài Zhōngyāng C zhè ge báijiàn shàng 。bǎ qíyú sì ge shǒuzhǐtou yīcì fàng zài Zhōngyāng C yòubiān de sì ge báijiàn shàng 。duì ，hěn hǎo ！
Heh-heh. Very good, but it's not C middle, it's middle C. Now, this class we're going to play for a little while. Would everyone please open up their key covers. Tilt your right-hand thumbs and naturally place them on the white, middle C key. Take your other 4 fingertips and place them in a row on the four white keys to the right of middle C.
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嗯，真棒！好，大家从大拇指开始依次弹下去。当中指弹到咪这个音的时候呢，大拇指要穿过中指接下去弹，像这样。这个呢，叫换指，在钢琴里是很重要的一个技巧。
ng4 ，zhēn bàng ！hǎo ，dàjiā cóng dàmǔzhǐ kāishǐ yīcì tán xiàqu 。dāng zhōngzhǐ tán dào mī zhè ge yīn de shíhou ne ，dàmǔzhǐ yào chuānguò zhōngzhǐ jiē xiàqu tán ，xiàng zhèyàng 。zhè ge ne ，jiào huànzhǐ ，zài gāngqín lǐ shì hěn zhòngyào de yī ge jìqiǎo 。
Yeah, very good! OK, everyone start playing from their thumbs down. As your middle finger begins to play the note, 'mi', your thumb will pass your middle finger and continue to play. Like this. This is called 'switching fingers'. It's a very important piano playing technique.
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大拇指？
dàmǔzhǐ ？
Your thumb?
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不行！大拇指最有劲儿！
bùxíng ！dàmǔzhǐ zuì yǒujìnr ！
No way!　The thumb is strong!
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