ér
dàng

idiom

Meaning of 大而无当

大而无当 means big but impractical; grand but useless. Pronounced dà ér wú dàng.

  • big but impractical; grand but useless

Definitions & Examples

de
zhè
ge
huà
tīng
lái
hěn
hóng
wěi
 
dàn
shí
ér
dàng
 
gēn
běn
cāo
zuò
 

His plan sounds grand, but it's actually impractical and impossible to implement.

Zhè
ge
jiàn
zhù
de
shè
ér
dàng
 
làng
fèi
le
duō
kōng
jiān
què
bìng
shí
yòng
 

The design of this building is grandiose but impractical, wasting a lot of space without being useful.

Zhè
piān
wén
zhāng
lùn
diǎn
ér
dàng
 
quē
de
lùn
zhī
chēng
 

The arguments in this article are grand but baseless, lacking concrete evidence.

Zhè
ge
xiàng
de
biāo
shè
dìng
ér
dàng
 
wán
quán
chāo
chū
le
tuán
duì
de
néng
fàn
wéi
 

The goals of this project are set unrealistically high, far beyond the team's capabilities.