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big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold something level with both hands; to carry; regular |
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Noun
大端
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故欲惡者，心之大端也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
故欲恶者，心之大端也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Gù yùwù zhě, xīn zhī dàduān yě.
- Thus liking and disliking are the great elements in men's minds.
三個階段的具體情況不能預斷，但依目前條件來看，戰爭趨勢中的某些大端是可以指出的。 [MSC, trad.]
三个阶段的具体情况不能预断，但依目前条件来看，战争趋势中的某些大端是可以指出的。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Sān gè jiēduàn de jùtǐ qíngkuàng bùnéng yùduàn, dàn yī mùqián tiáojiàn lái kàn, zhànzhēng qūshì zhōng de mǒuxiē dàduān shì kěyǐ zhǐchū de.
- It is impossible to predict the concrete situation in the three stages, but certain main trends in the war may be pointed out in the light of present conditions.
- (literary) main aspects; main features
- 僅舉其大端／仅举其大端 ― jǐn jǔ qí dàduān ― merely point out the main features
Adverb
大端
- probably; likely
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