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同
小
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Virtually the same in Chinese: 大同小异 (dà tóng xiǎo yì)

dà tóng xiǎo yì

virtually the same

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 大同小異1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1virtually the same
  2. 2differing only on small points

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同
小
异

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ㄉㄚˋ

dà

ㄉ/ dㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄊㄨㄥˊ

tóng

ㄊ/ tㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄒㄧㄠˇ

xiǎo

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄧˋ

yì

ㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

大同小异

Simplified

大同小異

Traditional

Example sentences

See 大同小异 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这两篇文章的内容大同小异。

    zhè liǎng piān wén zhāng de nèi róng dà tóng xiǎo yì。

    The contents of these two articles are much the same.

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Related words

大

dà

big

小

xiǎo

small

同

tóng

like

同学

tóng xué

to study at the same school

小姐

xiǎo jie

young lady

大家

dà jiā

everyone

小时

xiǎo shí

hour

同事

tóng shì

colleague

同意

tóng yì

to agree

相同

xiāng tóng

identical

小心

xiǎo xīn

to be careful

大夫

dài fu

doctor

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