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大局

dà jú

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

大局 (dà jú) means "overall situation; the big picture". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 大局 means

1. overall situation
2. the big picture

The characters in 大局

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 局júnarrow

Example sentences

• 要有大局观。
  We should judge matters on a broader basis.
• 他控制了大局。
  Tā kòngzhì le dàjú.
  He was master of the situation.

Words containing 大局

• 顾全大局gù quán dà júto take the big picture into consideration (idiom); to work for the benefits of all
• 不顾大局bù gù dà júto give no consideration to the bigger picture (usually implying selfishness)

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dà jú correctly.
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