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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.

大三dà sān

third year of university

大三和弦dà sān hé xián

major triad do-mi-so

大三度dà sān dù

major third (musical interval)

大不如前dà bù rú qián

a lot worse than it used to be

大不相同dà bù xiāng tóng

not at all the same / substantially different

大不韪dà bù wěi

great error / heinous crime

大中学生dà zhōng xué sheng

university and high school students

大丹犬dà dān quǎn

Great Dane (dog breed)

大事化小,小事化了dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo

to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)

大二dà èr

second year of university

大五码dà wǔ mǎ

Big5 Chinese character coding (developed by Taiwanese companies from 1984)

大五趾跳鼠dà wǔ zhǐ tiào shǔ

great jerboa (Allactaga major)

大人不记小人过dà rén bù jì xiǎo rén guò

a person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low moral stature

大仙dà xiān

great immortal

大仙鹟dà xiān wēng

(bird species of China) large niltava (Niltava grandis)

大件dà jiàn

large / bulky / big-ticket item

大伯子dà bǎi zi

(coll.) husband's elder brother

大佬dà lǎo

big shot (leading some field or group) / godfather (in an organization)

大使级dà shǐ jí

ambassadorial

大便干燥dà biàn gān zào

constipated

大便秘结dà biàn mì jié

constipation

大修道院dà xiū dào yuàn

abbey / large monastery or convent

大修道院长dà xiū dào yuàn zhǎng

abbot

大伦敦地区dà Lún dūn dì qū

Greater London / London region, England

大伤元气dà shāng yuán qì

to ruin one's constitution

大公司dà gōng sī

large company / corporation

大公国dà gōng guó

grand duchy

大公无私dà gōng wú sī

selfless / impartial

大典dà diǎn

ceremony / collection of classical writings

大冰期dà bīng qī

ice age

大冷天dà lěng tiān

freezing cold day

大凡dà fán

generally / in general

大刀会dà dāo huì

Great Sword Society, an offshoot of the White Lotus in the late Qing dynasty, involved in anti-Western activity at the time of the Boxer rebellion

大刀阔斧dà dāo kuò fǔ

bold and decisive

大分子dà fēn zǐ

macromolecule (chemistry)

大列巴dà liè bā

big Russian-style bread (loanword from Russian "хлеб")

大剌剌dà là là

pompous / with a swagger / casual

大前天dà qián tiān

three days ago

大前年dà qián nián

three years ago

大前提dà qián tí

major premise

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