dà tóng xiǎo yì

Traditional: 大同小異

HSK 7–9

大同小异 (dà tóng xiǎo yì) is a Chinese word meaning “virtually the same; differing only on small points”.

Meanings

  1. 1virtually the same
  2. 2differing only on small points

Characters in 大同小异

大dà · big; large; great同tóng · like小xiǎo · small异yì · different

Related words

大big; large; great大see 大夫[dai4 fu5]小small大家everyone小时hour小姐young lady小心to be careful同意to agree同like同used in 胡同[hu2 tong4]同used in 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]不同different

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