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顾全大局

gù quán dà júdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to take the big picture into consideration (idiom) / to work for the benefits of all
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-1b4ad6807092e44a. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

顧全大局 顾全大局 [gu4 quan2 da4 ju2] /to take the big picture into consideration (idiom)/to work for the benefits of all/

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Other forms in these source records: 顧全大局

  • 顾
    gù

    to look after / to take into consideration / to attend to

    Gù

    surname Gu

  • 全
    quán

    all / whole / entire / every / complete

    Quán

    surname Quan

  • 大
    dà

    big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 局
    jú

    narrow / office / situation / classifier for games: match, set, round etc / cramped / narrow

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.