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大王

dà wáng

2-character word

What 大王 means

1. king
2. magnate
3. person having expert skill in something

Other readings

大王 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dài wangrobber baron (in opera, old stories); magnate

The characters in 大王

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 王wángking or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand

Example sentences

• 山上无老虎，猴子称大王。
  Shān shàng wú lǎohǔ, hóuzi chēng dàwáng.
  When the cat's away, the mice will play.
• 山中无老虎, 猴子称大王。
  Shān zhōng wú lǎohǔ, hóuzi chēng dàwáng.
  When the landlord's away, the tenants will play.
• 我听说经理的妻子出去度假了。这时就是山中无老虎，猴子称大王了。现在经理他夜夜笙箫。
  Wǒ tīngshuō jīnglǐ de qīzi chūqù dùjià le. zhèshí jiùshì shānzhōngwúlǎohǔ, hóuzichēngdàiwang le. xiànzài jīnglǐ tā yèyè shēngxiāo.
  I heard the manager's wife is on vacation. And, well, when the cat's away, the mice play. Now he's out partying every night.

Words containing 大王

• 世宗大王Shì zōng Dà wángSejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of…