大同小异

virtually the same / differing only on small points

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

(Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society)

like / same / similar / together / alike / with

see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]

small / tiny / few / young

different / other / hetero- / unusual / strange / surprising / to distinguish / to separate / to discriminate