大
街
小
巷

Great streets and small alleys (idiom) in Chinese: 大街小巷 (dà jiē xiǎo xiàng)

dà jiē xiǎo xiàng

great streets and small alleys (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city

Stroke order

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大
街
小
巷

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄚˋ

dà

ㄉ/ dㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧㄝ

jiē

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄝ/ ê—/ first tone

ㄒㄧㄠˇ

xiǎo

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄒㄧㄤˋ

xiàng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 过节时，大街小巷都很热闹。

    guò jié shí， dà jiē xiǎo xiàng dōu hěn rè nào。

    During the holiday, every street and alley is lively.

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Related words

大

dà

big

小

xiǎo

small

街

jiē

street

小姐

xiǎo jie

young lady

大家

dà jiā

everyone

小时

xiǎo shí

hour

街道

jiē dào

street

小心

xiǎo xīn

to be careful

大夫

dài fu

doctor

大概

dà gài

roughly

大约

dà yuē

approximately

扩大

kuò dà

to expand

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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