大同小异
dàtóngxiǎoyì
largely the same with minor differences
Characters in this word
同 tóng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
异 yì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 廾 — two hands
- Made of
- 巳 snake 廾 two hands
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这两家店卖的东西大同小异，价格也差不多。 Zhè liǎng jiā diàn mài de dōngxi dàtóngxiǎoyì, jiàgé yě chàbuduō. The two shops sell much the same things at similar prices.
- 同学们的答案大同小异，只有最后一句不一样。 Tóngxuémen de dá'àn dàtóngxiǎoyì, zhǐyǒu zuìhòu yí jù bù yíyàng. The classmates' answers are almost the same; only the last sentence differs.
- 这几款手机的功能大同小异，选哪个都可以。 Zhè jǐ kuǎn shǒujī de gōngnéng dàtóngxiǎoyì, xuǎn nǎge dōu kěyǐ. These phones are much alike in function, so any of them will do.
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