大楼
dà lóu
Pinyin

Definition

大楼
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dà lóu
  1. building (a relatively large, multi-storey one)
  2. CL:幢[zhuàng],座[zuò]

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
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
大人
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

就在我们家大楼前面普渡啊？那倒是方便。
jiù zài wǒmen jiā dàlóu qiánmian pǔdù ā ？nà dàoshì fāngbiàn 。
So we'll put the offerings table outside our apartment block? Then that's pretty convenient.
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Joe你看到那栋大楼了吗？
nǐ kàndào nà dòng dàlóu le ma ？
Joe, did you see that building?
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去调一下这段时间的监视器画面，看有没有符合侧写的人进出大楼。
qù diào yíxià zhè duàn shíjiān de jiānshìqì huàmiàn ，kàn yǒumeiyǒu fúhé cèxiě de rén jìnchū dàlóu 。
Check the CCTV footage from that period, to see if anyone entered or exited the building fitting this profile.
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有得晒就要偷笑了，很多大楼的屋顶都不给上去，要不然就是晒满了衣服、床单。
yǒudé shài jiùyào tōuxiào le ，hěn duō dàlóu de wūdǐng dōu bù gěi shàngqu ，yàoburán jiùshì shài mǎn le yīfu 、chuángdān 。
We should be happy we can sunbathe at all. You can't go out on a lot of the roofs of big buildings, or they are littered with clothes and sheets hanging out to air in the sun.
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前面是教学大楼，左边是食堂，右边是宿舍。
qiánmian shì jiàoxuédàlóu ，zuǒbiān shì shítáng ，yòubiān shì sùshè 。
Up ahead is our classroom building. On the left is the cafeteria and on the right is the dormitory.
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教学大楼的后面是操场。我们先进教学大楼参观一下吧。
jiàoxué dàlóu de hòumian shì cāochǎng 。wǒmen xiān jìn jiàoxué dàlóu cānguān yīxià ba 。
The playground is behind the classroom building. Let's go in and look around the classroom building first.
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而就在5分钟前，第三封信在公安局大楼门口的地上被发现。
ér jiù zài wǔ fēnzhōng qián ，dì sān fēng xìn zài gōng\'ānjú dàlóu ménkǒu de dìshang bèi fāxiàn 。
Just five minutes prior, the third message had been discovered on the floor of the police station near the front door.
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李探长独自追踪那个黑影，来到了一栋大楼里。
Lǐ tànzhǎng dúzì zhuīzōng nàge hēiyǐng ，láidào le yī dòng dàlóu lǐ 。
Detective Li followed the shadow alone, reaching the inside of a large building.
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高浓度的一氧化碳。哦，顺便说一下，第三封信上说的炸弹，已经被我安放在了公安局大楼里。”
gāo nóngdù de yīyǎnghuàtàn 。ò ，shùnbiàn shuō yīxià ，dì sān fēng xìn shàng shuō de zhàdán ，yǐjīng bèi wǒ ānfàng zài le gōng\'ānjú dàlóu lǐ 。”
"Thick carbon monoxide. Incidentally, I've already planted the bomb mentioned in the third letter in the police station."
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进来以后，在你的左边有一个大楼。
jìnlai yǐhòu ，zài nǐ de zuǒbiān yǒu yī ge dàlóu 。
After you come in, there'll be a large building on your left.
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