大同小異 [－－－异]

Jyutping daai6 tung4 siu2 ji6
Pinyin dà tóng xiǎo yì

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. virtually the same
  2. differing only on small points
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    差​唔​多​、​相差​無幾​；​大致相同​，​但​有​少少​差異
    more or less the same; virtually the same, differing only on small points
    • 呢幾套劇嘅情節都係大同小異，好鬼悶。
      呢几套剧嘅情节都系大同小异，好鬼闷。
      nei1 gei2 tou3 kek6 ge3 cing4 zit3 dou1 hai6 daai6 tung4 siu2 ji6,hou2 gwai2 mun6.
      The plots of these soap opera are more or less the same, they are very boring.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    如果你理解这一个,其它的也大同小异。
    如果你理解這一個,其它的也大同小異。
    rú guǒ nǐ lǐ jiě zhè yī gè , qí tā de yě dà tóng xiǎo yì 。
    • If you understand this one, then the others are nearly the same.
  2. Mandarin
    幸福家庭的幸福原因全都大同小异，但悲惨的家庭却往往各自有各自的惨法。
    幸福家庭的幸福原因全都大同小異，但悲慘的家庭卻往往各自有各自的慘法。
    xìng fú jiā tíng de xìng fú yuán yīn quán dōu dà tóng xiǎo yì ， dàn bēi cǎn de jiā tíng què wǎng wǎng gè zì yǒu gè zì de cǎn fǎ 。
    • All happy families resemble each other, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呢几套剧嘅情节都系大同小异，好鬼闷。
    呢幾套劇嘅情節都係大同小異，好鬼悶。
    nei1 gei2 tou3 kek6 ge3 cing4 zit3 dou1 hai6 daai6 tung4 siu2 ji6,hou2 gwai2 mun6.
    • The plots of these soap opera are more or less the same, they are very boring.
  2. Cantonese
    职场长短週安排都系大同小异。
    職場長短週安排都係大同小異。
    zik1 coeng4 coeng4 dyun2 zau1 on1 paai4 dou1 hai6 daai6 tung4 siu2 ji6.
    • Various alternate Saturday-off systems in the workplace make very small differences.