大都

大都 ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨ daai6 dou1

  • Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing

大都 dōu ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄡ daai6 dou1 HSK 5 高階級 · Level 4

  • for the most part
  • on the whole
  • also pr. [da4 du1]

大都 ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨ daai6 dou1

  • for the most part
  • on the whole
  • metropolitan

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Example sentences

  • 湯姆的朋友大都沒你高。 You're taller than most of Tom's friends.
  • 许多欧洲的大都市饱受“甜甜圈现象”困扰。 Many of Europe's metropolises are plagued by the doughnut phenomenon.
  • 要在一個像東京一樣的大都市裡過活,不借錢是很困難的。 It's really difficult to survive in a big city like Tokyo without going into debt.
  • 我從小到大都是個酷兒小孩,從學校、老師或大多數同學那裡得不到任何支持,感到孤立無援,覺得自己從根本上就是有問題的。我很高興現況已有所改變,但對於那股反對支持與肯定酷兒兒童之風氣的反動勢力感到厭惡。 Growing up as a queer kid, I had no support whatsoever from school, from teachers, or from most other kids, and I felt isolated and fundamentally bad. I'm glad things have changed, but disgusted by the reactionary movement that has risen up against the practice of supporting and affirming queer kids.

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