- in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole
- overall situation; the big picture
- cadaver for dissection in training medical students
Characters
- 大 (大): big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- 体 (體): body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)
Resources
- Wiktionary: 大体
- MDBG: 大体
- Examples with 大体 on Tatoeba
Examples
他的意見大體上說是對的。
在那個時代，男女髮式大體相似。