大旗

dàqí
banner

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=2 旗 qí
  1. flag
  2. variant of 旗 qí
=2 旗 qí
  1. banner
  2. flag
  3. (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗 Bāqí)
  4. administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 县 xiàn county

classifier: 面

Containing this entry

拉大旗作虎皮 lādàqízuòhǔpí
  1. lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
  2. fig. to borrow sb's prestige
  3. to take the name of a great cause as a shield

Related entries

幡 fān banner
徽帜 huīzhì banner
旌 jīng
  1. banner
  2. make manifest
旐 zhào banner
旗 qí
  1. banner
  2. flag
  3. (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗 Bāqí)
  4. administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 县 xiàn county

classifier: 面

他们的旗五颜六色。

Their flag was colourful.

Source: Tatoeba

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