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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.

大斋期dà zhāi qī

Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)

大斋节dà zhāi jié

great fast / Christian lent

大龄青年dà líng qīng nián

young people in their late 20s or older who are still unmarried

大𥻗子dà chá zi

gruel made from coarsely ground maize

一个头两个大yī ge tóu liǎng ge dà

(coll.) to feel as though one's head could explode (Tw)

一大通yī dà tōng

(coll.) a whole lot of ... / an endless stream of ... (used in relation to excessive or tedious amounts of talk, explanations, complaints etc)

一抓一大把yī zhuā yī dà bǎ

(coll.) to be a dime a dozen / easy to come by

七大姑八大姨qī dà gū bā dà yí

distant relatives

七大工业国集团qī dà gōng yè guó jí tuán

G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)

三千大千世界sān qiān dà qiān shì jiè

cosmos (Buddhism)

三官大帝sān guān dà dì

the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)

上大号shàng dà hào

(coll.) to defecate / to poop

不区分大小写bù qū fēn dà xiǎo xiě

case insensitive / not distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters

不大离bù dà lí

pretty close / just about right / not bad / same as 差不多

不孝有三,无后为大bù xiào yǒu sān , wú hòu wéi dà

there are three ways to be unfilial / having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子[Mèng zǐ])

不登大雅之堂bù dēng dà yǎ zhī táng

lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork) / not presentable / coarse / unrefined

不识大体bù shí dà tǐ

to fail to see the larger issue (idiom) / to fail to grasp the big picture

不顾大局bù gù dà jú

to give no consideration to the bigger picture (usually implying selfishness)

久仰大名jiǔ yǎng dà míng

I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)

事关重大shì guān zhòng dà

the implications are profound / the ramifications are huge / (of a decision etc) consequential

五大三粗wǔ dà sān cū

burly / strapping / big and strong

五大洲wǔ dà zhōu

five continents / the whole world

五花大绑wǔ huā dà bǎng

to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck / to truss up

人高马大rén gāo mǎ dà

tall and strong

以老大自居yǐ lǎo dà zì jū

regarding oneself as number one in terms of leadership, seniority or status

低音大提琴dī yīn dà tí qín

double bass / contrabass

低音大号dī yīn dà hào

tuba

侃大山kǎn dà shān

to chatter idly / to gossip / to boast or brag

供大于求gōng dà yú qiú

supply exceeds demand

假大空jiǎ dà kōng

empty words / bogus speech

偌大ruò dà

so big / such a big

做大zuò dà

arrogant / to put on airs / (business etc) to expand / to enlarge / to do sth on a big scale

傍大款bàng dà kuǎn

to live off a rich man

催泪大片cuī lèi dà piàn

tear-jerker (movie)

傻大个shǎ dà gè

idiot / blockhead / clod / oaf

傻大个儿shǎ dà gè r

stupid great hulk of a man

仪表放大器yí biǎo fàng dà qì

instrumentation amplifier

元恶大憝yuán è dà duì

arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)

先大母xiān dà mǔ

my late paternal grandmother

光大guāng dà

to further develop and bring distinction to (a tradition, institution, family etc)

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