Definition
都会 (dū huì) is a formal, literary word for 'metropolis' – a large, important city. It is less common in everyday speech than 城市 (chéng shì, the general word for 'city'), and similar in formality to 都市 (dū shì), though 都市 appears more often in modern compounds like 都市化 (urbanization).
noun
metropolisbig city
Examples
- 。Shànghǎi shì yí zuò guójì dà dū huì.Shanghai is an international metropolis.
- 。Hěn duō niánqīng rén xǐhuan dào dà dū huì qù gōngzuò.Many young people like to go to big cities to work.
- 都会。Zhè zuò dū huì de yèjǐng fēicháng měilì.The night view of this metropolis is very beautiful.
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