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大势所趋

dà shì suǒ qūdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) the prevailing trend / the trend of the times / an inevitable direction
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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-250dffc3711d2c34. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

大勢所趨 大势所趋 [da4 shi4 suo3 qu1] /(idiom) the prevailing trend; the trend of the times; an inevitable direction/

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Other forms in these source records: 大勢所趨

  • 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]

  • 势
    shì

    power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals

  • 所
    suǒ

    actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL:個|个[gè]

  • 趋
    qū

    to hasten / to hurry / to walk fast / to approach / to tend towards / to converge

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.