大放异彩
dà fàng yì cǎi
Pinyin

Definition

大放异彩
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dà fàng yì cǎi
  1. to shine (of talents, skills, accomplishment)
  2. to demonstrate extraordinary talent or skill

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)
彩色
cǎi sè
  1. 1 color
  2. 2 multi-colored
  3. 3 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
放
fàng
  1. 1 to put
  2. 2 to place
  3. 3 to release
  4. 4 to free
  5. 5 to let go
  6. 6 to let out
  7. 7 to set off (fireworks)
放假
fàng jià
  1. 1 to have a holiday or vacation
放弃
fàng qì
  1. 1 to renounce
  2. 2 to abandon
  3. 3 to give up
精彩
jīng cǎi
  1. 1 wonderful
  2. 2 marvelous
  3. 3 brilliant
一大早
yī dà zǎo
  1. 1 at dawn
  2. 2 at first light
  3. 3 first thing in the morning
七彩
qī cǎi
  1. 1 seven colors
  2. 2 a variety of colors
  3. 3 multi-colored
  4. 4 rainbow-colored
五彩
wǔ cǎi
  1. 1 five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue)
  2. 2 multicolored
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)
光彩
guāng cǎi
  1. 1 luster
  2. 2 splendor
  3. 3 radiance
  4. 4 brilliance
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)

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)
五彩缤纷
wǔ cǎi bīn fēn
  1. 1 all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display
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

Sample Sentences

你太谦虚了，你们去年在德国红点设计大赛上大放异彩，早就打响了知名度。
nǐ tài qiānxū le ，nǐmen qùnián zài Déguó hóngdiǎn shèjì dàsài shàng dàfàngyìcǎi ，zǎo jiù dǎxiǎng le zhīmíngdù 。
You're too modest, last year you really distinguished yourselves at Germany's Red Dot Design Awards, so you've been famous for quite some time already.
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