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大限

dà xiàn

2-character word

What 大限 means

1. the limit
2. maximum
3. one's allocated lifespan

The characters in 大限

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 限xiànto limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit

Example sentences

• 对于我们来说，这已经是做出了最大限度的让步了。
  Duìyú wǒmen lái shuō, zhè yǐjīng shì zuòchū le zuì dàxiàn dù de ràngbù le.
  In our view, we have already made the biggest possible compromise.
• 人们很容易将能源和电力小组委员会的大多数成员描述为笨蛋。他们散布石油和煤炭公司炮制的虚假信息，以最大限度地减少全球气候变迁的重要性，被称为科学文盲。
  One can easily characterize a majority of the energy and power subcommittee members as nincompoops — scientific illiterates who spread misinformation crafted by oil and coal companies in order to minimize the significance of global climate change.

Words starting with 大限

• 大限到来dà xiàn dào láito die; one's allocated lifespan is accomplished
• 大限临头dà xiàn lín tóufacing the end (idiom); at the end of one's life; with one foot in the grave