汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 大而无当
大而无当 (大而無當)
grandiose but impractical (idiom) / large but of no real use
当 bottom / Although it is big, it has no bottom / The original refers to the boundless size / The latter is mostly used to indicate that it is too large to be practical and unsuitable
谓言辞夸大﹐不着边际。 指大而不切实用。
dà/dài ér () wú () dāng/dàng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我从来没有接近大而无当项目。

I had never been close to Grandiose Project.

成熟和幼稚是对一个人最大而无当、最不负责任、最没用的概括。

Maturity is a horrible thing. Maturity and childish are both useless conclusion.

等到那些大而无当的词经过重建和纯化,再一次可以信赖的时候,他都死去很久了。

By the time the big words come back reconstructed, purified, fit to be trusted once more, he will be long dead.