(coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address)
Headword or pronunciation大娘
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three-year college / junior college / professional training college
Headword or pronunciation大专
to prattle on self-importantly (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation大放厥词
there are plenty of such people
Headword or pronunciation大有人在
with great prospects for the future (idiom) / well worth doing
Headword or pronunciation大有可为
burly fellow
Headword or pronunciation大汉
to feast one's eyes
Headword or pronunciation大饱眼福
older (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc)
Headword or pronunciation大龄
ridiculous self-importance (idiom) / arrogance
Headword or pronunciation妄自尊大
brow beaded with sweat / perspiring freely
Headword or pronunciation满头大汗
(math.) infinity / infinite
Headword or pronunciation无穷大
your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
Headword or pronunciation久闻大名
a manly man / a man of character
Headword or pronunciation大丈夫
very auspicious / extremely lucky
Headword or pronunciation大吉
great cause / great undertaking
Headword or pronunciation大业
main hall of a Buddhist temple
Headword or pronunciation大殿
to call loudly (idiom) / to get people's attention / to make one's views known
Headword or pronunciation大声疾呼
Escherichia coli (E. coli)
Headword or pronunciation大肠杆菌
(do sth) on a large scale
Headword or pronunciation大举
to boast shamelessly / to talk big
Headword or pronunciation大言不惭
in big strides / (fig.) in giant steps
Headword or pronunciation大踏步
serious mistake / major demerit
Headword or pronunciation大过
downpour (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation瓢泼大雨
oversight / negligence / careless / negligent / not concentrating on the main point
Headword or pronunciation疏忽大意
(idiom) very big / huge
Headword or pronunciation硕大无比
(coll.) to feel as though one's head could explode (Tw)
Headword or pronunciation一个头两个大
(coll.) a whole lot of ... / an endless stream of ... (used in relation to excessive or tedious amounts of talk, explanations, complaints etc)
Headword or pronunciation一大通
(coll.) to be a dime a dozen / easy to come by
Headword or pronunciation一抓一大把
distant relatives
Headword or pronunciation七大姑八大姨
G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)
Headword or pronunciation七大工业国集团
cosmos (Buddhism)
Headword or pronunciation三千大千世界
the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)
Headword or pronunciation三官大帝
(coll.) to defecate / to poop
Headword or pronunciation上大号
case insensitive / not distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters
Headword or pronunciation不区分大小写
pretty close / just about right / not bad / same as 差不多
Headword or pronunciation不大离
there are three ways to be unfilial / having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子[])
Headword or pronunciation不孝有三，无后为大
lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork) / not presentable / coarse / unrefined
Headword or pronunciation不登大雅之堂
to fail to see the larger issue (idiom) / to fail to grasp the big picture
Headword or pronunciation不识大体
to give no consideration to the bigger picture (usually implying selfishness)
Headword or pronunciation不顾大局
I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation久仰大名
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