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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.

光禄大夫guāng lù dài fu

honorific title during Tang to Qing times, approx. "Glorious grand master"

全国代表大会quán guó dài biǎo dà huì

national general congress / Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years

全权大使quán quán dà shǐ

plenipotentiary ambassador

八大工业国组织bā dà gōng yè guó zǔ zhī

G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)

八大菜系bā dà cài xì

the eight major cuisines of China, namely 川魯粵蘇浙閩湘徽|川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽[Chuān Lǔ Yuè Sū Zhè Mǐn Xiāng Huī]

八抬大轿bā tái dà jiào

palanquin with eight carriers / (fig.) lavish treatment

公寓大楼gōng yù dà lóu

apartment building

共商大计gòng shāng dà jì

to discuss matters of vital importance

冒大不韪mào dà bù wěi

(idiom) to face opprobrium

出港大厅chū gǎng dà tīng

departure lounge

函大hán dà

correspondence university (abbr. for 函授大學|函授大学[hán shòu dà xué])

函授大学hán shòu dà xué

correspondence university

到达大厅dào dá dà tīng

arrival hall

前大灯qián dà dēng

headlight

前程远大qián chéng yuǎn dà

to have a future full of promise

力大无比lì dà wú bǐ

having matchless strength

力大无穷lì dà wú qióng

extraordinary strength / super strong / strong as an ox

功莫大焉gōng mò dà yān

no greater contribution has been made than this (idiom)

加大力度jiā dà lì dù

to try harder / to redouble one's efforts

加大努力jiā dà nǔ lì

to try harder / to redouble one's efforts

加大油门jiā dà yóu mén

to accelerate / to step on the gas

北大荒běi dà huāng

the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China)

区分大小写qū fēn dà xiǎo xiě

case sensitive / distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters

十大神兽shí dà shén shòu

the Baidu 10 mythical creatures (a set of hoax animals and puns linked to PRC Internet censorship)

半大bàn dà

medium-sized

半大不小bàn dà bù xiǎo

teenage / in one's teens / adolescent

半大小子bàn dà xiǎo zǐ

teenage boy / adolescent boy

博大bó dà

broad / extensive

博大精深bó dà jīng shēn

(idiom) wide-ranging and profound

吃大户chī dà hù

to plunder the homes of the wealthy for food (in times of famine) / (of sb who has no income) to rely on others / to demand a "contribution" or "loan" from a business or wealthy individual

吃大亏chī dà kuī

to cost one dearly / to end disastrously / to pay bitterly

吃大锅饭chī dà guō fàn

lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) / fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance

吃饭皇帝大chī fàn huáng dì dà

eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)

各打五十大板gè dǎ wǔ shí dà bǎn

lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom) / fig. to punish the guilty and the innocent alike / to put the blame on both parties

同花大顺tóng huā dà shùn

royal flush (poker)

命大mìng dà

lucky (to have escaped death or serious injury)

哀莫大于心死āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ

nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ]) / no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices / the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart / nothing is more wretched than apathy

哄堂大笑hōng táng dà xiào

the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)

喜大普奔xǐ dà pǔ bēn

(of news etc) so thrilling that everyone is rejoicing and spreading the word (Internet slang) / acronym from 喜聞樂見|喜闻乐见[xǐ wén lè jiàn], 大快人心[dà kuài rén xīn], 普天同慶|普天同庆[pǔ tiān tóng qìng] and 奔走相告[bēn zǒu xiāng gào]

噪大苇莺zào dà wěi yīng

(bird species of China) clamorous reed warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)

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