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English

1. generally speaking
2. in general

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 預先表示下文只係睇普遍情況，唔會考慮個別例子

Examples

• 女仔一般而言鍾意大隻嘅男仔。

  In general, girls like muscular boys.

• 一般而言，日本人很害羞。

  Generally, Japanese people are shy.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

• 一般而言，中國人將米飯視為重要的食物；而大部分的西方人則將速食視為重要的食物。

  Normally speaking, Chinese people consider rice to be an important food; the majority of Westerners consider fast food to be an important food.

  Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY