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Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare.

大地水准面dà dì shuǐ zhǔn miàn

geoid

大地测量学dà dì cè liáng xué

geodesy

大地线dà dì xiàn

a geodesic (curve)

大型空爆炸弹dà xíng kōng bào zhà dàn

Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), a powerful American bomb

大城市dà chéng shì

major city / metropolis

大墓地dà mù dì

necropolis

大坏蛋dà huài dàn

scoundrel / bastard

大外宣dà wài xuān

(derog.) China's foreign propaganda machine (esp. since c. 2009)

大夜dà yè

the second half of the night / early morning (cf. 小夜[xiǎo yè], evening) / (fig.) eternal rest / death / (Buddhism) the night before the cremation of a monk

大夜班dà yè bān

graveyard shift / late night shift

大大咧咧dà dà liē liē

(idiom) carefree / offhand / casual

大大方方dà dà fāng fāng

confident / calm / natural / poised

大天鹅dà tiān é

(bird species of China) whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)

大姐大dà jiě dà

female gang leader / the top woman in her field / doyenne / matriarch

大姐头dà jiě tóu

(Tw) female gang leader / female boss / big sister

大姑dà gū

father's oldest sister / husband's older sister / sister-in-law

大奸似忠dà jiān sì zhōng

the most treacherous person appears the most guileless (idiom)

大姨dà yí

aunt (mother's eldest sister) / (respectful term of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)

大姨妈dà yí mā

mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother) / (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period)

大姨子dà yí zi

sister-in-law / wife's older sister

大婚dà hūn

to have a grand wedding / to get married in lavish style

大媒dà méi

matchmaker

大字报dà zì bào

big-character poster

大学城dà xué chéng

university city

大学本科dà xué běn kē

university undergraduate course

大学部dà xué bù

undergraduate course of study (Tw)

大学预科dà xué yù kē

university preparatory course

大客车dà kè chē

coach

大家闺秀dà jiā guī xiù

girl from a wealthy family / unmarried daughter of a noble house

大容量dà róng liàng

high capacity

大富大贵dà fù dà guì

very rich / millionaire

大寨dà zhài

Dazhai

大写锁定dà xiě suǒ dìng

caps lock

大寺院dà sì yuàn

abbey / large monastery

大将军dà jiāng jūn

important general / generalissimo

大小三度dà xiǎo sān dù

major and minor third (musical interval)

大小姐dà xiǎo jie

eldest daughter of an affluent family / (polite) your daughter / bossy or indulged young woman / Miss High and Mighty

大小写dà xiǎo xiě

capitals and lowercase letters

大小眼dà xiǎo yǎn

one eye bigger than the other

大小声dà xiǎo shēng

(Tw) (coll.) to speak loudly and emotionally / to raise one's voice / to yell and shout

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