thumb / big toe
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Exact character matches appear first. Pinyin matches whole syllables in headword pronunciations. Common exact readings come before common compounds, followed by less frequent or restricted readings. Direct English meanings rank ahead of mentions in longer definitions.
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.
food stall / open-air restaurant
to form a long queue (idiom) / (of cars) to be bumper to bumper
cellist
to strut / swaggering
(bird species of China) great barbet (Psilopogon virens)
to shine brightly / (fig.) to show promise / to be on the up and up
to wail loudly and mournfully (idiom)
major policy of the national government
cathedral
(idiom) to be faced with a formidable enemy
a large number
big data (computing)
(bird species of China) great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
(bird species of China) white-browed wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis)
star anise
learned person / expert in a certain field / abbr. to 方家[]
Avatamsaka sutra of the Huayan school / also called Buddhavatamsaka-mahavaipulya Sutra, the Flower adornment sutra or the Garland sutra
large and influential family / clan
banner
(lit.) looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom) / (fig.) to yearn for relief from a desperate situation
king prawn
great masterwort (Astrantia major)
very late at night
the wise may appear stupid (idiom) / a genius not appreciated in his own time
great wisdom and knowledge (Buddhism)
(idiom) great intelligence may appear to be stupidity
long month / solar month of 31 days or lunar month of 30 days
there is a great deal of ... (typically followed by a bisyllabic word, as in 大有希望[]) / (literary) bumper harvest / abundance
to accomplish much / to have good prospects / to have a promising future
(of a domain or area of expertise) to involve significant depth or complexity / to require a great deal of specialized knowledge / to be a real science / to be a fine art
to stand a good chance / to have great hopes / to be promising
some deeper meaning in this / more to it than meets the eye / there's sth behind all this
bringing great benefits (idiom) / very useful / of great service / to help greatly / to serve one well
(bird species of China) great rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla)
(idiom) to use a talented person in a role far beneath their ability / a waste of talent
(bird species of China) Far Eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
(bird species of China) common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
big dyeing vat / (fig.) corrupting environment
senior ranking officer in Chinese army / senior colonel
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27