the elephant in the room
Headword or pronunciation房间里的大象
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struggle session
Headword or pronunciation批斗大会
(PRC, mid-1990s) to restructure the large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) controlled by the central government and privatize smaller SOEs at the local level
Headword or pronunciation抓大放小
(coll.) to cling to sb influential or famous
Headword or pronunciation抱大腿
to poop / to defecate
Headword or pronunciation拉大便
lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom) / fig. to borrow sb's prestige / to take the name of a great cause as a shield
Headword or pronunciation拉大旗作虎皮
to defecate (slang)
Headword or pronunciation拉大条
(coll.) to bring up / to rear / to raise
Headword or pronunciation拉扯大
to put on airs / self-important / high and mighty
Headword or pronunciation拿大
to do a handstand
Headword or pronunciation拿大顶
to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility
Headword or pronunciation挑大梁
chancellor (rank in various European states) / grand chancellor
Headword or pronunciation掌玺大臣
notorious rapist / serial rapist
Headword or pronunciation采花大盗
worthless scholar / useless wretch
Headword or pronunciation措大
Headword or pronunciation摩天大厦
(slang) to take a dump
Headword or pronunciation撇大条
fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation撑死胆大的，饿死胆小的
to have a lucky stroke / to try one's luck
Headword or pronunciation撞大运
(bird species of China) streaked rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilloides)
Headword or pronunciation拟大朱雀
to expand production / to reproduce on an extended scale
Headword or pronunciation扩大再生产
to extend the scope / to exaggerate
Headword or pronunciation扩大化
magnifying power / magnification
Headword or pronunciation放大倍数
amplifier
Headword or pronunciation放大器
to talk big / to shoot one's mouth off
Headword or pronunciation放大炮
(Tw) cosmetic contact lens / big eye contact lens / circle contact lens
Headword or pronunciation放大片
enlarging paper (photography) / bromide paper
Headword or pronunciation放大纸
to sob loudly / to bawl
Headword or pronunciation放声大哭
use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom) / a long-term plan for major returns
Headword or pronunciation放长线钓大鱼
church conference
Headword or pronunciation教友大会
course syllabus / class curriculum
Headword or pronunciation教学大纲
an ambassador of the church / an Apostolic Nuncio (from the Vatican)
Headword or pronunciation教廷大使
to have sex with a prostitute
Headword or pronunciation敲大背
file size
Headword or pronunciation文件大小
(bird species of China) marsh grassbird (Helopsaltes pryeri)
Headword or pronunciation斑背大尾莺
(bird species of China) Blyth's kingfisher (Alcedo hercules)
Headword or pronunciation斑头大翠鸟
huge
Headword or pronunciation斗大
(idiom) to become agitated / to get worked up
Headword or pronunciation方寸大乱
spring barley
Headword or pronunciation春大麦
grand dreams / unrealistic ideas (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation春秋大梦
sometimes big, sometimes small / varying
Headword or pronunciation时大时小
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