Text matches for “大”

big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[dà jiě]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

to add / (math.) plus / to increase / to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bù], 大[dà], 稍[shāo] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shāo jiā gǎi liáng] "make some minor improvements to (it)")2 matching entries

white / in vain / free of charge / (bound form) (of facts, the truth, a situation) clear / evident (e.g. 真相大白[zhēn xiàng dà bái]) / (bound form) plain / without additions (e.g. 白飯|白饭[bái fàn]) / (bound form) to explain / to state (e.g. 辯白|辩白[biàn bái]) / (bound form) to give a disdainful look (e.g. 白了他一眼[bái le tā yī yǎn]) / (bound form) vernacular (e.g. 白話|白话[bái huà]) / (bound form) spoken lines in opera (e.g. 念白[niàn bái]) / (bound form) reactionary / anti-communist (e.g. 白區|白区[bái qū])

(bound form) idea / thought / meaning / sense / (bound form) intention / feeling / inclination / state of mind / (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利[Yì dà lì])

(used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)

(coll.) large bus / coach / (abbr. for 大型巴士)

(bound form) coffee / café (abbr. for 咖啡[kā fēi]) / (Tw) (bound form) type of person (esp. in entertainment contexts) (loanword from "cast") (as in 大咖[dà kā] and 怪咖[guài kā])

(of facts or truth) to become fully revealed / to come to light / (old) wine cup / (coll.) whiting (used in whitewash) / (coll.) (neologism, attested by 2020) healthcare worker in a full-body protective suit (from the white robot Baymax in Disney's "Big Hero 6", called "大白" in Chinese)

people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels – national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會|人民代表大会[rén mín dài biǎo dà huì])2 matching entries

the New World / the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸|旧大陆[jiù dà lù] or Eurasia

part-time college (abbr. for 業餘大學|业余大学[yè yú dà xué])

great wide world / marvelously diverse world / (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[sān qiān dà qiān shì jiè])

(Chinese medicine) the seven kinds of prescriptions 大方[dà fāng], 小方[xiǎo fāng], 緩方|缓方[huǎn fāng], 急方[jí fāng], 奇方[jī fāng], 偶方[ǒu fāng] and 重方[chóng fāng] or 複方|复方[fù fāng]

mess hall for mid-level cadres / cf. 大灶[dà zào]

(coll.) (after adjectives such as 多[duō], 大[dà], 遠|远[yuǎn], 高[gāo]) very / extremely

imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mò], cutting off the nose 劓[yì], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yuè], castration 宮|宫[gōng], execution 大辟[dà pì] / Han dynasty onwards: whipping 笞[chī], beating the legs and buttocks with rough thorns 杖[zhàng], forced labor 徒[tú], exile or banishment 流[liú], capital punishment 死[sǐ]

the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺|大庾岭[Dà yǔ lǐng], Dupang 都龐嶺|都庞岭[Dū páng lǐng], Qitian 騎田嶺|骑田岭[Qí tián lǐng], Mengzhu 萌渚嶺|萌渚岭[Méng zhǔ lǐng] and Yuecheng 越城嶺|越城岭[Yuè chéng lǐng]

(TCM) the six hollow organs: gallbladder 膽|胆[dǎn], stomach 胃[wèi], large intestine 大腸|大肠[dà cháng], small intestine 小腸|小肠[xiǎo cháng], triple heater 三焦[sān jiāo], bladder 膀胱[páng guāng]

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

power amplifier (abbr. for 功率放大器[gong1 lu : 4 fang4 da4 qi4])

(coll.) prestige / level of prominence (esp. in the entertainment industry, from 大咖[dà kā])

(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]

the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[dà míng dà fàng], 大辯論|大辩论[dà biàn lùn], 大字報|大字报[dà zì bào] (PRC)

(jocular) to be under great pressure (a pun on 亞歷山大|亚历山大[Yà lì shān dà])

evening college (abbr. for 夜大學|夜大学[yè dà xué])

there is a great deal of ... (typically followed by a bisyllabic word, as in 大有希望[dà yǒu xī wàng]) / (literary) bumper harvest / abundance

food stall / open-air restaurant (original Hong Kong written form, now usually written as 大排檔|大排档[dà pái dàng])

(Tw) university student (abbr. for 大學生|大学生[dà xué shēng])

a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku")

final exam / to take an end-of-term exam / (Tw) college entrance exam (abbr. for 大學入學考試|大学入学考试[dà xué rù xué kǎo shì])

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

Hall of Great Strength, main hall of a Buddhist temple containing the main image of veneration 大雄[dà xióng]

an occasional display of histrionics can add a playful element to a relationship, but overdoing it can lead to a breakup (admonishment derived from the saying 小酌怡情，大酌傷身|小酌怡情，大酌伤身[xiǎo zhuó yí qíng , dà zhuó shāng shēn])

the first half of the night / evening (cf. 大夜[dà yè], early morning)

mess hall for high-ranking cadres / (fig.) special treatment / cf. 大灶[dà zào]

gruel made from maize ground finer than 大𥻗子[dà chá zǐ]

in the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king (idiom) / (depending on the source, the last word is either 大王[dà wáng] or 大王[dài wang])

croton (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[dà jǐ kē] / croton seed, a strong purgative

Croton, genus of evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[dà jǐ kē]

croton bush (Croton tiglium), evergreen bush of Euphorbiaceae family 大戟科[dà jǐ kē], with seed having strong purgative properties