大意
dàyì
main idea; general meaning
Characters in this word
意 yì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这篇社论的大意是，经济复苏不能以牺牲公平为代价。 Zhè piān shèlùn de dàyì shì, jīngjì fùsū bù néng yǐ xīshēng gōngpíng wéi dàijià. The main idea of this editorial is that economic recovery must not come at the expense of fairness.
- 请用一句话概括这篇文章的大意。 Qǐng yòng yí jù huà gàikuò zhè piān wénzhāng de dàyì. Please sum up the main idea of this article in one sentence.
- 虽然有几个生词，但我还是看懂了信的大意。 Suīrán yǒu jǐ ge shēngcí, dàn wǒ háishi kàndǒng le xìn de dàyì. Although there were a few new words, I still understood the gist of the letter.
Related words
- 不大 búdà not very, not much
- 大 dà big, large; older
- 大学 dàxué university
- 大学生 dàxuéshēng university student
- 大部分 dàbùfen most; the greater part
- 大大 dàdà greatly; much more
- 大多数 dàduōshù the majority; most
- 大海 dàhǎi sea; ocean
- 大家 dàjiā everyone
- 大量 dàliàng a large amount of
- 大门 dàmén main entrance; gate
- 大人 dàren adult