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大daai6半bun3

daai6 bun3dà bàn

English

  1. more than half
  2. more than a half; the greater part of; most of; majority
  3. greater part
  4. most
  5. probably
  6. most likely

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 多過一半

Examples

  • 一大半人都反對佢嘅諗法。

    The majority of people disagree with his opinion.

  • 我成大半個月冇見過阿明喇。

    I haven't seen Ming for the best part of a month.

  • 你可唔可以花幾日時間浮潛或者爬過泥,食根同昆蟲,同埋喺大雨中企喺度大半晚,仍然準備好戰鬥? 係喺特種部隊入面。

    Tatoeba · Andrea5437 CC BY

  • 他大半生都住在国外。

    He lived abroad for much of his life.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 我已经活了大半辈子了。

    I've already lived most of my life.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 湯姆花了大半箇早晨整理辦公室。

    Tom spent most of the morning straightening up his office.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 那場火災把郵車上的郵件燒掉了一大半。

    The mail train lost most of its mail in the fire.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 從她的外表上看,我想她大半是個有錢人。

    Judging from her appearance, I think that she's rich.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

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

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