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大体

dà tǐ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 大體

大体 (dà tǐ) means "in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; overall situation; the big picture; cadaver for disse". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 大体 means

1. in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole
2. overall situation; the big picture
3. cadaver for dissection in training medical students

The characters in 大体

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 体tǐbody; form; style

Words starting with 大体

• 大体上dà tǐ shàngoverall; in general terms
• 大体老师dà tǐ lǎo shīcadaver for dissection in training medical students

Words containing 大体

• 不识大体bù shí dà tǐto fail to see the larger issue (idiom); to fail to grasp the big picture

Where 大体 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · dài–tán (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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