大而無當

大而無當

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
trad. (大而無當)		大	而	無當
simp. (大而无当)		大	而	无当

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dà'érwúdàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄦˊ ㄨˊ ㄉㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ ji⁴ mou⁴ dong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dà'érwúdàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄦˊ ㄨˊ ㄉㄤˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daherlwudanq
    • IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ u³⁵ tɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ ji⁴ mou⁴ dong³
    • Yale: daaih yìh mòuh dong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ ji⁴ mou⁴ dong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ yi⁴ mou⁴ dong³
    • IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² jiː²¹ mou̯²¹ tɔːŋ³³/

Idiom

大而無當

1. large but impractical; unwieldy

   大而無當的計劃 / 大而无当的计划  ―  dà'érwúdàng de jìhuà  ―  a grandiose but impractical plan