大名鼎鼎
dàmíngdǐngdǐng
famous; renowned
Characters in this word
名 míng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
鼎 dǐng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 鼎 — large, three-legged bronze cauldron
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这位大名鼎鼎的作家今天来到了我们学校。 Zhè wèi dàmíngdǐngdǐng de zuòjiā jīntiān lái dào le wǒmen xuéxiào. This famous writer came to our school today.
- 这家大名鼎鼎的老饭馆，每天都要排很长的队。 Zhè jiā dàmíngdǐngdǐng de lǎo fànguǎn, měi tiān dōu yào pái hěn cháng de duì. This renowned old restaurant has a very long queue every day.
- 谁不知道你是大名鼎鼎的象棋高手呢？ Shéi bù zhīdào nǐ shì dàmíngdǐngdǐng de xiàngqí gāoshǒu ne? Who doesn't know that you are a famous chess master?
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