大而无当 — Chinese idiom
大而无当
dà ér wú dàng
Traditional: 大而無當
Meaning
- grandiose but impractical
- large but of no real use
Character by character
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 当dàngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound o
Idioms sharing a character
- 不识大体 bù shí dà tǐ
- 久仰大名 jiǔ yǎng dà míng
- 倾盆大雨 qīng pén dà yǔ
- 元恶大憝 yuán è dà duì
- 冒大不韪 mào dà bù wěi
- 功莫大焉 gōng mò dà yān
- 勃然大怒 bó rán dà nù
- 博大精深 bó dà jīng shēn
- 吃大锅饭 chī dà guō fàn
- 哄堂大笑 hōng táng dà xiào
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