一般来说 (yī bān lái shuō) — generally speaking, in general
Definition
A fixed connective meaning 'generally speaking' used at the start of a sentence to introduce a broad generalization. Acts like an adverbial clause; the main clause that follows states the general rule or tendency.
verb
generally speakingin general
Examples
- 一般来说，。yī bān lái shuō, Zhōng guó rén bǐ jiào zhù zhòng jiā tíng guān niàn.Generally speaking, Chinese people value family values quite a lot.
- 一般来说，。yī bān lái shuō, Xià tiān bǐ dōng tiān gèng róng yì chū hàn.Generally speaking, people sweat more easily in summer than in winter.
- 一般来说。Zhè ge wèn tí yī bān lái shuō yǒu liǎng gè jiě jué fāng àn.There are generally speaking two solutions to this problem.
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