大端

大端

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold sth. level with both hands; to carry; regular
simp. and trad. (大端)		大	端

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàduān

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄢ

• Min Nan (POJ): tāi-toan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàduān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahduan
    • IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ tu̯än⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-toan
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-tuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixdoafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² tuan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /taɪ³³⁻¹¹ tuan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /taɪ³³⁻²¹ tuan⁴⁴/

Noun

大端

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   • 故欲惡者，心之大端也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     故欲恶者，心之大端也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, circa 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Gù yùwù zhě, xīn zhī dàduān yě. [Pinyin]

     Thus liking and disliking are the great elements in men's minds.

   • 三個階段的具體情況不能預斷，但依目前條件來看，戰爭趨勢中的某些大端是可以指出的。 [MSC, trad.]
     三个阶段的具体情况不能预断，但依目前条件来看，战争趋势中的某些大端是可以指出的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》 (Selected Works of Mao Zedong) (1991). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Sān gè jiēduàn de jùtǐ qíngkuàng bùnéng yùduàn, dàn yī mùqián tiáojiàn lái kàn, zhànzhēng qūshì zhōng de mǒuxiē dàduān shì kěyǐ zhǐchū de. [Pinyin]

     It is impossible to predict the concrete situation in the three stages, but certain main trends in the war may be pointed out in the light of present conditions.

2. (literary) main aspects; main features

   僅舉其大端 / 仅举其大端  ―  jǐn jǔ qí dàduān  ―  merely point out the main features

Adverb

大端

1. probably; likely

Synonyms

• 大抵 (dàdǐ)
• 大約／大约 (dàyuē)
• 大概 (dàgài)