large city(tōng dū dà yì)

large city

Tongdu Dayi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ō NGD ū D à y ì, which means metropolis and big city extending in all directions. From the third way under the policy of the people.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] tongyidadu [antonym] remote, remote

The origin of Idioms

Su Zhe of Song Dynasty wrote "the third way under the people's policy" that "today, the so-called Tongdu Dayi, the city of ten li, and the Guo of ten thousand households are under the rule."

Idiom usage

In general, it refers to a big city. example where commerce is, it must be a capital. In Qing Dynasty, Huang Zongxi's Wan Li Xun Xiong Ji and Tang Han Yu's Shou Jie: "today's Tongdu Dayi is in the middle of stubbornness, and I don't know what to prepare for. In the notes of Yuewei thatched cottage, Volume 10, written by Ji Yun of the Qing Dynasty, I heard that "if you are rich and noble, you can have all kinds of things. You can live in a remote village and Tongdu Dayi. 」

Chinese PinYin : tōng dū dà yì