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With great prospects for the future (idiom) in Chinese: 大有可为 (dà yǒu kě wéi)

dà yǒu kě wéi

with great prospects for the future (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 大有可為1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1with great prospects for the future (idiom); well worth doing

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Zhuyin

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ㄉㄚˋ

dà

ㄉ/ dㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧㄡˇ

yǒu

ㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

ㄎㄜˇ

kě

ㄎ/ kㄜ/ eˇ/ third tone

ㄨㄟˊ

wéi

ㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

大有可为

Simplified

大有可為

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这个行业前景很好，大有可为。

    zhè ge háng yè qián jǐng hěn hǎo， dà yǒu kě wéi。

    This industry has bright prospects and is well worth pursuing.

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Related words

大

dà

big

有

yǒu

to have

为

wèi

because of

可

kě

(prefix) can

大家

dà jiā

everyone

可能

kě néng

might (happen)

可以

kě yǐ

can

因为

yīn wèi

because

可爱

kě ài

adorable

认为

rèn wéi

to believe

为了

wèi le

for

以为

yǐ wéi

to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)

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