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大醇小疵

Mandarin · pinyin dà chún xiǎo cī

Meanings

  1. great despite minor blemishes
  2. a rough diamond
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Characters in this entry

大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
醇
chún · rich, good as wine; pure, unmixed
小
xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
疵
cī · flaw, fault, defect; disease
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4–2–3–1 · da4 chun2 xiao3 ci1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

daai6 seon4 siu2 ci1

Cantonese word readings for 大醇小疵. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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daai6 seon4 siu2 ci1

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) sound on the whole though defective in details

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