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  • big; large; great
  • heavy (rain, etc.); strong (wind, etc.)
  • loud
  • size
  • greatly; fully
  • in a big way; on a big (or large) scale; with all-out efforts; vigorously

dà-dà
大大

adj.

greatly; fully

dà-dǎn
大胆

adj.

bold; daring; audacious

dà-dào-lǐ
大道理

major principle; general principle; great truth

dà-dì
大地

n.

superb; excellent

dà-dōu
大都

adv.

for the most part; mostly

dà-fāng
大方

adj.

generous; liberal / natural and poised; easy; unaffected / in good taste; tasteful

dà-gài
大概

n. / adj. / adv.

general idea; broad outline / general; rough; approximate / probably; most likely; presumably

dà-huà
大话

n.

big (or tall) talk; boast; bragging

dà-jiā
大家

n.

all; everybody

dà-kuǎn
大款

n.

tycoon; moneybags

dà-lì-shì
大力士

n.

a man of unusual strength, esp. a weightlifter

dà-liàng
大量

adj.

a large number; a great quantity / generous; magnanimous

dà-lù
大陆

n.

continent; mainland; the Chinese Mainland

dà-sì
大肆

n.

without restraint; wantonly

dà-wáng
大王

n.

king; magnate / a person of the highest class or skill in sth.; ace

dà-xíng
大型

adj.

tall paper hat; flattery

dà-xué
大学

n.

university; college

dà-yuē
大约

adv.

approximately; about / probably

dà-zhì
大致

adv.

roughly; approximately; more or less

dà-zhòng
大众

n.

the masses; the people; the public; the broad masses of the people

dà-chī-yì-jīng
大吃一惊
by greatly surprised; be quite taken aback

dà-fù-piān-piān
大腹便便
potbellied; a fat and heavy belly; pregnant

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大同小异
much the same but with minor differences; alike except for slight differences; much the same

dà-zhì-ruò-yú
大智若愚
a man of great wisdom but pretending to be slowwitted; a great man looks dull; great wisdom appears stupid

Usage 用法

big; large; great

Wǒ chū-shēng zài yí zuò dà chéng-shì.
我出生在一座大城市。
I was born in a big city.

heavy (rain, etc.); strong (wind, etc.)

Yǔ xià-de hěn dà, děng yí-huìr zài zǒu.
雨下得很大,等一会儿再走。
How brilliant your idea is!

loud

Bǎ diàn-shì-de shēng-yīn kāi dà yì-diǎn.
把电视的声音开大一点。
The tree is 4 metres in height.

size

Nǐ chuān duō-dà-de yī-fu?
你穿多大的衣服?
What size of the clothes do you wear?

greatly; fully

Tīng wán zhè ge gù-shì, suǒ-yǒu-de rén dōu dà-xiào qǐ-lái.
听完了这个故事,所有的人都大笑起来。
Everyone laughed heartily after hearing the story.

in a big way; on a big (or large) scale; with all-out efforts; vigorously

Lǎo-shī duì wǒ-de wén-zhāng dà-shān-dà-gǎi.
老师对我的文章大删大改。
The teacher did a thorough job in revising my article.