大街小巷
dàjiēxiǎoxiàng
main streets and small alleys; everywhere in town
Characters in this word
街 jiē
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 行 — to go, to walk, to move
- Made of
- 行 to go, to walk, to move 圭 jade tablet
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 过年的时候，大街小巷都挂满了红灯笼。 Guònián de shíhou, dàjiēxiǎoxiàng dōu guà mǎn le hóng dēnglong. At the New Year, red lanterns hang in every street and alley.
- 这首歌很火，大街小巷都在放。 Zhè shǒu gē hěn huǒ, dàjiēxiǎoxiàng dōu zài fàng. This song is hugely popular and is playing everywhere in town.
- 我在这座城市住了十年，大街小巷都很熟悉。 Wǒ zài zhè zuò chéngshì zhù le shí nián, dàjiēxiǎoxiàng dōu hěn shúxī. I have lived in this city for ten years and know every street and alley well.
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