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大吉大利

dà jí dà lìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
great luck, great profit (idiom) / everything is thriving
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-06a8a230660085b0. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

大吉大利 大吉大利 [da4 ji2 da4 li4] /great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 大
    dà

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

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 吉
    jí

    lucky / giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

    Jí

    short name for Jilin 吉林[Jí lín] / surname Ji

  • 大
    dà

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

    dài

    see 大夫[dài fu]

  • 利
    lì

    sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit

    Lì

    surname Li

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.