大哥大 (dà gē dà) — (historical) early mobile phone, especially the large brick-style telephone; (slang) a powerful person, big shot, godfather (often in criminal or business circles)
Definition
Literally 'big brother big', 大哥大 is a dated, colloquial term for the 1980s–90s brick-style mobile phone, now obsolete. It also doubles as underworld slang for a crime boss or powerful figure.
noun
(historical) early mobile phoneespecially the large brick-style telephone(slang) a powerful personbig shotgodfather (often in criminal or business circles)
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Examples
- 大哥大，。Yǐ qián yǒu qián rén yòng dà gē dà, xiàn zài dà jiā dōu yòng zhì néng shǒu jī le.In the past, rich people used brick phones; now everyone uses smartphones.
- 大哥大，。Tā zài hēi shè huì lǐ shì gè dà gē dà, méi rén gǎn rě tā.He is a godfather in the underworld; nobody dares to mess with him.
- 大哥大，。Tā xiǎng dāng zhè lǐ de dà gē dà, suǒ yǐ pīn mìng lā bāng jié pài.He wants to become the big boss here, so he is desperately forming cliques.
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