Chinese

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big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
like; same; similar
like; same; similar; together; alike; with
 
simp. and trad.
(大同)
 
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Etymology

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The philosophical sense is from the Book of Rites, Book 9 (《禮記·禮運》):

……是故盜竊大同 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
……是故盗窃大同 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
...... Shìgù móu bì ér bù xīng, dàoqiè luànzéi ér bù zuò, gù wàihù ér bù bì, shì wèi dàtóng. [Pinyin]
… In this way (selfish) schemings were repressed and found no development. Robbers, filchers, and rebellious traitors did not show themselves, and hence the outer doors remained open, and were not shut. This was (the period of) what we call the Grand Union.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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大同

  1. (Chinese philosophy) Great Unity (utopian vision of the world in which everyone and everything is at peace)
  2. (formal) significant similarities
  3. () A combination 四上三中四下 in the Lingqijing.
  4. (Taiwanese Hokkien, chiefly Tainan and Magong Hokkien) green pepper

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Proper noun

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大同

  1. () Datong (a prefecture-level city in Shanxi, China)
  2. () (historical) Datong (a former county of Datong, Shanxi, China; modern Yunzhou District)
  3. () Datong (a district of Taipei, Taiwan)
  4. () Datong District (a district of Daqing, Heilongjiang, China)
  5. () Datong Township (various townships in Mainland China)
  6. () Datong (a mountain indigenous township in Yilan County, Taiwan)
  7. () Datong Town (various towns in Mainland China)
  8. (社區) Datong (a residential community of Zhicheng, Yidu, Yichang, Hubei, China)
  9. (historical) the Datong era (a Chinese era name):
    1. The fifth era of Emperor Wu of Liang, from 535 to 546.
    2. The third era of Emperor Wuxuan of Dafengmin (formerly Nanzhao), ending in 888.
    3. The third era of Emperor Taizong of Liao, in 947.
    4. The second era of Puxian Wannu as emperor of Eastern Xia, from 1224 to 1233.
    5. The era of Puyi as chief executive of the Japanese puppet state of the State of Manchuria (Manchukuo), from 1932 until his enthronement as emperor with the establishment of the Empire of Manchuria in 1934.

Coordinate terms

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  • 康德 (Kāngdé) (era name of Manchukuo from 1934–45)

Descendants

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  • English: Datong, Tatung

References

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
だい
Grade: 1
どう
Grade: 2
goon kan'yōon

Noun

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(だい)(どう) (daidō

  1. roughly the same
  2. unity with a common goal

Derived terms

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Proper noun

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 大同 (日本) on Japanese Wikipedia
 Daidō on Wikipedia

(だい)(どう) (Daidō

  1. the Daidō era, 806-810
  2. Datong (a city in Shaanxi, China)

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