大
爷

Arrogant idler in Chinese: 大爷 (dà yé)

dà yé

arrogant idler

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 大爺1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1arrogant idler
  2. 2self-centered show-off

Stroke order

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大
爷

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄚˋ

dà

ㄉ/ dㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧㄝˊ

yé

ㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

大爷

Simplified

大爺

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他整天什么也不干,像个大爷。

    tā zhěng tiān shén me yě bù gān, xiàng gè dà yé。

    He does nothing all day, acting like a self-important idler.

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Related words

大

dà

big

大家

dà jiā

everyone

爷爷

yé ye

(coll.) father's father

大夫

dài fu

doctor

大概

dà gài

roughly

大约

dà yuē

approximately

扩大

kuò dà

to expand

大方

dà fāng

expert

大象

dà xiàng

elephant

大型

dà xíng

large

广大

guǎng dà

(of an area) vast or extensive

巨大

jù dà

huge

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