粵

大daai6同tung4小siu2異ji6

simp大同小异
daai6 tung4 siu2 ji6dà tóng xiǎo yì

English

  1. virtually the same
  2. differing only on small points
  3. more or less the same; virtually the same, differing only on small points

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 差唔多、相差無幾;大致相同,但有少少差異

Examples

  • 如果你理解这一个,其它的也大同小异。

    If you understand this one, then the others are nearly the same.

    Tatoeba · sysko CC BY

  • 幸福家庭的幸福原因全都大同小異,但悲慘的家庭卻往往各自有各自的慘法。

    All happy families resemble each other, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 呢幾套劇嘅情節都係大同小異,好鬼悶。

    The plots of these soap opera are more or less the same, they are very boring.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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