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- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
Trad. 獨大
- to dominate over all others
- to wield all the power
- to reign supreme
- Da'an, the name of a numerous entities, including districts of several cities, and a county-level city 大安市[Da4 an1 Shi4] in Baicheng 白城市[Bai2 cheng2 Shi4], Jilin
Trad. 聯大
- abbr. for 聯合國大會|联合国大会[Lian2 he2 guo2 Da4 hui4], United Nations General Assembly
- abbr. for 國立西南聯合大學|国立西南联合大学[Guo2 li4 Xi1 nan2 Lian2 he2 Da4 xue2], National Southwest Combined University
- Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th January-3rd February
- Dagang former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区[Bin1 hai3 xin1 qu1]
Trad. 大寫
- capital letters
- uppercase letters
- block letters
- banker's anti-fraud numerals
- splendid
- magnificent
- abbr. for 中國光大銀行|中国光大银行[Zhong1 guo2 Guang1 da4 Yin2 hang2], China Everbright Bank
- Dahu or Tahu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
Trad. 偉大
- huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
- large and small
- size
- adults and children
- consideration of seniority
- at any rate
Trad. 大計
- large scale program of lasting importance
- project of paramount importance
- to think big
- annual national audit
- Mahayana, the Great Vehicle
- Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond
- also pr. [Da4 cheng2]
- major event
- major political event (war or change of regime)
- major social event (wedding or funeral)
- (do sth) in a big way
- CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- (of clothes) baggy; loose
- (of a person) fat; stout
- (medicine) hypertrophy
- large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth
- (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶[zhong1 zao4] for mid-level cadres and 小灶[xiao3 zao4] for the most privileged)
- Dashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV personality in PRC
- Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Da4 xue2])
- 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[ren2 min2 dai4 biao3 da4 hui4])
Trad. 頭大
- to have a big head
- (fig.) to get a headache
- one's head is swimming
Trad. 大帥
- (old) commanding general
- commander-in-chief
- (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) 總督|总督[zong3 du1]
- husband's older brother
- father's older brother (esp. his oldest brother)
- large-format (picture, banner, photo etc)
- substantially; by a wide margin
- your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific)
- to erupt
- to begin abruptly
Trad. 大爺
- (coll.) father's older brother
- uncle
- term of respect for older man
- strong card
- honor card (card games)
- very popular or successful person
- self-important
- (coll.) leading light
- superstar
- badass
- (coll.) higher-priced model of Lamborghini
Trad. 大廈
- (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)
- see 大通區|大通区[Da4 tong1 Qu1]
- see 大通回族土族自治縣|大通回族土族自治县[Da4 tong1 Hui2 zu2 Tu3 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
- tai-pan
- business executive
- foreign business manager
- top class of kindergarten or school grade
- sports such as soccer, basketball and volleyball that use large balls
- see also 小球[xiao3 qiu2]
Trad. 大運
- World University Games (formerly "Universiade") (abbr. for 大學生運動會|大学生运动会[Da4 xue2 sheng1 Yun4 dong4 hui4])
- Daegu Metropolitan City, capital of North Gyeongsang Province 慶尚北道|庆尚北道[Qing4 shang4 bei3 dao4] in east South Korea
- Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing
Trad. 復大
- Fudan University, Shanghai, abbr. for 復旦大學|复旦大学[Fu4 dan4 Da4 xue2]
Trad. 大戲
- large-scale Chinese opera
- Beijing opera
- major dramatic production (movie, TV series etc)
- (of facts or truth) to become fully revealed; to come to light
- (old) wine cup
- (coll.) whiting (used in whitewash)
- (coll.) (neologism c. 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)
Trad. 大戶
- great family
- rich family
- large landlord
- conspicuous spender or consumer
Trad. 大錢
- large sum of money
- old Chinese type of coin of high denomination
- National Cheng Kung University (abbr. for 成功大學|成功大学[Cheng2 gong1 Da4 xue2])
- (before a two-syllable verb) considerably
- greatly (exaggerate)
- vehemently (oppose)
- severely (punish)
- extensively (refurbish)
- effusively (praise)