# 大同小异 (dàtóngxiǎoyì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 大同小异 (dàtóngxiǎoyì) means “largely the same”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: largely the same
- Pinyin: dàtóngxiǎoyì (da4 tong2 xiao3 yi4)
- Traditional: 大同小異
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我们的看法大同小异。
  Wǒmen de kànfǎ dàtóngxiǎoyì.
  Our views are largely the same.

## Characters

- [大](https://hanziro.com/word/da-big/) (dà): big; large
- [同](https://hanziro.com/word/tong-same/) (tóng): same; together
- [小](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-small/) (xiǎo): small; little
- 异 (yì): different; other

https://hanziro.com/word/da-tong-xiao-yi-largely-same/

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