大喊大叫

Mandarin · pinyin dà hǎn dà jiào

Meanings

  1. shouting and screaming (idiom); to scream loudly
  2. to rant
  3. to kick up a racket
  4. to conduct vigorous propaganda
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大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
喊
hǎn · shout, call out, yell; howl; cry
叫
jiào · cry, shout; hail, greet, call
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4–3–4–4 · da4 han3 da4 jiao4

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verb

  1. to shout at the top of one's voice, to scream loudly, to yell
  2. (figuratively) to conduct vigorous propaganda

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大喊大叫 · da4 han3 da4 jiao4
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Exact source record大喊大叫 大喊大叫 [da4 han3 da4 jiao4] /shouting and screaming (idiom); to scream loudly/to rant/to kick up a racket/to conduct vigorous propaganda/