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意

General idea in Chinese: 大意 (dà yì)

dà yì

general idea

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1general idea
  2. 2main idea

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大
意

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ㄉㄚˋ

dà

ㄉ/ dㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧˋ

yì

ㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 请你说说这篇文章的大意。

    qǐng nǐ shuō shuō zhè piān wén zhāng de dà yì。

    Please tell me the main idea of this article.

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Related words

大

dà

big

大家

dà jiā

everyone

意思

yì si

idea

满意

mǎn yì

satisfied

同意

tóng yì

to agree

愿意

yuàn yì

to wish

注意

zhù yì

to take note of

大夫

dài fu

doctor

大概

dà gài

roughly

大约

dà yuē

approximately

得意

dé yì

proud of oneself

故意

gù yì

deliberately

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