大同小异 meaning in English
virtually the same; differing only on small points
Meaning of 大同小异
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
dàtóngxiǎoyì
- virtually the same
- differing only on small points
大同小异 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
如果你理解这一个,其它的也大同小异。
If you understand this one, then the others are nearly the same.
Stroke order for each character
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大 dà · big · 3 strokes
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同 tóng · like · 6 strokes
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小 xiǎo · small · 3 strokes
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异 yì · different · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 大同小异.
| 小姐 | xiǎojiě | young lady; miss |
| 小时 | xiǎoshí | hour |
| 大学 | dàxué | university; college |
| 同学 | tóngxué | to study at the same school; fellow student |
| 小朋友 | xiǎopéngyǒu | child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to |
| 小学 | xiǎoxué | elementary school; primary school |
| 大学生 | dàxuéshēng | university student; college student |
| 不大 | bù dà | not very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently |
| 小孩儿 | xiǎoháir | erhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2] |
| 小学生 | xiǎoxuéshēng | primary school student; schoolchild |
| 大家 | dàjiā | everyone; influential family |
| 小心 | xiǎoxīn | to be careful; to take care |
Questions about 大同小异
What does 大同小异 mean?
大同小异 (dàtóng-xiǎoyì) means "virtually the same; differing only on small points".
How do you write 大同小异?
大同小异 is made of 4 characters: 大 (3 strokes), 同 (6 strokes), 小 (3 strokes), 异 (6 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.
Is 大同小异 an HSK word?
Yes. 大同小异 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 大同小异 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 大同小异 is written 大同小異.