大同小異

See also: 大同小异

Chinese

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

Etymology

From the book Zhuangzi.

Pronunciation


Idiom

大同小異

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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大 同 小 異
だい
Grade: 1
どう
Grade: 2
しょう
Grade: 1
い
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) だいどーしょ​ーい [dàídóóshóꜜòì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [da̠ido̞ːɕo̞ːi]

Adjective

大(だい)同(どう)小(しょう)異(い) • (daidōshōi) -na (adnominal 大(だい)同(どう)小(しょう)異(い)な (daidōshōi na), adverbial 大(だい)同(どう)小(しょう)異(い)に (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

Noun

大(だい)同(どう)小(しょう)異(い) • (daidōshōi) 

  1. being practically the same

References

  • 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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
大同小異

Noun

大同小異 • (daedongsoi) (hangeul 대동소이)

  1. Hanja form? of 대동소이 (“being almost the same”).
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