No published English translation for this sentence.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
四大
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism)
02
the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鸣大放, 大辩论, 大字报 (PRC)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 四大 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 四大 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 四大.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 四大.
Directly before
- 你们四大1
- 中国四大1
Directly after
- 四大门派1
- 四大民间1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 四大
What does 四大 mean in Chinese?
四大 (sìdà) means the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism).
How do you pronounce 四大?
四大 is pronounced sìdà.
Is 四大 an HSK word?
四大 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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