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Results for “大”

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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.

大锤dà chuí

sledgehammer

大错dà cuò

blunder

大错特错dà cuò tè cuò

to be gravely mistaken (idiom)

大锅dà guō

a big wok / cauldron

大锅饭dà guō fàn

meal cooked in a large pot / communal meal / (fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit

大键琴dà jiàn qín

a harpsichord

大长嘴地鸫dà cháng zuǐ dì dōng

(bird species of China) long-billed thrush (Zoothera monticola)

大长腿dà cháng tuǐ

(coll.) (a person's) long legs

大开dà kāi

to open wide

大开大合dà kāi dà hé

(idiom) epic in scope / wide-ranging

大闸蟹dà zhá xiè

Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) / Shanghai hairy crab

大关dà guān

strategic pass / barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000) / instrument of torture used to break limbs

大阪烧dà bǎn shāo

okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancake) in the Kansai or Osaka 大阪[Dà bǎn] style

大阮dà ruǎn

daruan or bass lute, like pipa 琵琶 and zhongruan 中阮 but bigger and lower range

大限dà xiàn

the limit / maximum / one's allocated lifespan

大限到来dà xiàn dào lái

to die / one's allocated lifespan is accomplished

大限临头dà xiàn lín tóu

facing the end (idiom) / at the end of one's life / with one foot in the grave

大陪审团dà péi shěn tuán

grand jury