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大同小異

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See also: 大同小异

Chinese

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Great Unity
small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
different; unusual; strange
trad. (大同小異) 大同
simp. (大同小异) 大同
Literally: “largely the same (with only) minor differences”.

Etymology

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From the book Zhuangzi.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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大同小異

  1. almost the same; almost identical; similar in most respects

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1
どう
Grade: 2
しょう
Grade: 1

Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(だい)(どう)(しょう)() (daidōshōi-na (adnominal (だい)(どう)(しょう)() (daidōshōi na), adverbial (だい)(どう)(しょう)() (daidōshōi ni))

  1. almost the same, not much difference
    Synonyms: 似たり寄ったり, どっこいどっこい
    Antonyms: 雲泥の差, 雲泥万里, 月と鼈

Inflection

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Noun

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(だい)(どう)(しょう)() (daidōshōi

  1. being practically the same

References

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  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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大同小異 (daedongsoi) (hangeul 대동소이)

  1. hanja form? of 대동소이 (being almost the same)