大厦
dà shà
Pinyin

Definition

大厦
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dà shà
  1. (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  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
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
dà jiǎng
  1. 1 prize
  2. 2 award
dà huà tóu
  1. 1 liar's dice (dice game)
yī dà zǎo
  1. 1 at dawn
  2. 2 at first light
  3. 3 first thing in the morning
Yà lì shān dà
  1. 1 Alexander (name)
  2. 2 Alexandria (town name)
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])
wěi dà
  1. 1 huge
  2. 2 great
  3. 3 grand
  4. 4 worthy of the greatest admiration
  5. 5 important (contribution etc)
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
jiā dà
  1. 1 to increase (e.g. one's effort)
Jiā ná dà
  1. 1 Canada
  2. 2 Canadian
Běi Dà
  1. 1 Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
bó dà
  1. 1 enormous
  2. 2 broad
  3. 3 extensive
hā hā dà xiào
  1. 1 to laugh heartily
  2. 2 to burst into loud laughter
zhuàng dà
  1. 1 to expand
  2. 2 to strengthen
dà yī
  1. 1 first-year university student
dà bù liǎo
  1. 1 at worst
  2. 2 if worst comes to worst
  3. 3 serious
  4. 4 alarming
dà hēng
  1. 1 big shot
  2. 2 top gun
  3. 3 superstar
  4. 4 VIP
dà ren
  1. 1 adult
  2. 2 grownup
  3. 3 title of respect toward superiors

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)
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)
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)
大出其汗
dà chū qí hàn
  1. 1 to sweat buckets (idiom)
大勇若怯
dà yǒng ruò qiè
  1. 1 a great hero may appear timid (idiom); the really brave person remains level-headed
大勇若怯,大智若愚
dà yǒng ruò qiè , dà zhì ruò yú
  1. 1 a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid (idiom); the general public may not recognize great talent
大动干戈
dà dòng gān gē
  1. 1 to go to war (idiom)
  2. 2 to make a big fuss over sth
大包大揽
dà bāo dà lǎn
  1. 1 to take complete charge (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哇,到处都是高楼大厦!老公,快快快,我要跟东方明珠合个影。
wā ,dàochù dōu shì gāolóudàshà !lǎogōng ,kuàikuàikuài ,wǒ yào gēn Dōngfāngmíngzhū hé ge yǐng 。
Wow, there're skyscrapers and big buildings everywhere! Honey, hurry up. I want to take a picture with the Oriental Pearl Tower.
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宝塔是金茂大厦,旁边那个开瓶器才是环球金融中心。
bǎotǎ shì Jīnmàodàshà ,pángbiān nà ge kāipíngqì cái shì Huánqiú jīnróng zhōngxīn 。
The pagoda one is the Jinmao Tower. The bottle opener one next to that is the Shanghai World Financial Center.
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金茂大厦还是算了吧。虽说金茂大厦号称世界第三高楼,可是毕竟国外高楼林立,到处是摩天大楼,不稀奇。东方明珠电视塔倒是可以带他去看看。这11个大小不一、高低错落的球体,从天空串落到草地上,还是很有特色的。
Jīnmàodàshà hái shì suànle ba 。suīshuō Jīnmàodàshà hàochēng shìjiè dì sān gāolóu ,kěshì bìjìng guówài gāolóu línlì ,dàochù shì mótiāndàlóu ,bù xīqí 。Dōngfāngmíngzhū diànshìtǎ dàoshì kěyǐ dài tā qù kànkan 。zhè shíyī ge dàxiǎo bùyī 、gāodī cuòluò de qiútǐ ,cóng tiānkōng chuànluò dào cǎodì shang ,háishì hěnyǒu tèsè de 。
Forget about the Jinmao Tower. Although the Jinmao Tower claims to be the third highest building in the world, there are a ton of skyscrapers in other countries, after all. Everywhere you go are skyscrapers. They're not rare at all. On the other hand, I could take him to see the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. It has eleven balls of different sizes. Their heights are staggered in a row leading from the heavens down to the Earth. It's really distinctive.
那还不简单。去东方明珠和金茂大厦啊,这两个可是上海的标志性建筑。
nà hái bùjiǎndān 。qù Dōngfāngmíngzhū hé Jīnmàodàshà a ,zhè liǎng ge kěshì Shànghǎi de biāozhìxìng jiànzhù 。
It's not easy to say. Go to the Oriental Pearl Tower and the Jinmao Tower-- those two buildings are symbolic of Shanghai.
我记得以前这里是田地。现在都是高楼大厦了。
wǒ jìde yǐqián zhèlǐ shì tiándì 。xiànzài dōu shì gāolóudàshà le 。
I remember this here used to be fields. Now it's all tall buildings.
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