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(coll.) to feel as though one's head could explode (Tw)
一大早
yī dà zǎo
at dawn; at first light; first thing in the morning
一大早儿
yī dà zǎo r
erhua variant of 一大早[yi1 da4 zao3]
一大通
yī dà tōng
(coll.) a whole lot of ...; an endless stream of ... (used in relation to excessive or tedious amounts of talk, explanations, complaints etc)
一抓一大把
yī zhuā yī dà bǎ
(coll.) to be a dime a dozen; easy to come by
七大姑八大姨
qī dà gū bā dà yí
distant relatives
七大工业国集团
qī dà gōng yè guó jí tuán
G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)
万事大吉
wàn shì dà jí
everything is fine (idiom); all is well with the world
三八大盖
sān bā dà gài
(coll.) Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Japanese army rifle used 1905-1945)
三千大千世界
sān qiān dà qiān shì jiè
cosmos (Buddhism)
三大纪律八项注意
sān dà jì lǜ bā xiàng zhù yì
the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
三官大帝
sān guān dà dì
the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)
三峡大坝
sān xiá dà bà
Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River
上大号
shàng dà hào
(coll.) to defecate; to poop
上海交通大学
shàng hǎi jiāo tōng dà xué
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
上海外国语大学
shàng hǎi wài guó yǔ dà xué
Shanghai International Studies University (SISU)
上海大剧院
shàng hǎi dà jù yuàn
Shanghai Grand Theater
上海大学
shàng hǎi dà xué
Shanghai University
上海财经大学
shàng hǎi cái jīng dà xué
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE)
不区分大小写
bù qū fēn dà xiǎo xiě
case insensitive; not distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters
不大
bù dà
not very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
不大离
bù dà lí
pretty close; just about right; not bad
不大离儿
bù dà lí r
erhua variant of 不大離|不大离[bu4 da4 li2]
不孝有三，无后为大
bù xiào yǒu sān , wú hòu wéi dà
there are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3])
不登大雅之堂
bù dēng dà yǎ zhī táng
lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork); not presentable; coarse
不识大体
bù shí dà tǐ
to fail to see the larger issue (idiom); to fail to grasp the big picture
不顾大局
bù gù dà jú
to give no consideration to the bigger picture (usually implying selfishness)
世宗大王
shì zōng dà wáng
Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Joseon or Chosun dynasty, in whose reign the hangeul alphabet was invented
世界卫生大会
shì jiè wèi shēng dà huì
World Health Assembly
世界大战
shì jiè dà zhàn
world war
世界维吾尔代表大会
shì jiè wéi wú ěr dài biǎo dà huì
World Uighur Congress
世贸中心大楼
shì mào zhōng xīn dà lóu
World Trade Center (the twin towers destroyed by the 9-11 terrorists)
世贸大厦
shì mào dà shà
World Trade Center
业余大学
yè yú dà xué
college for people who attend after work
业大
yè dà
part-time college (abbr. for 業餘大學|业余大学[ye4 yu2 da4 xue2])
东京大学
dōng jīng dà xué
Tokyo University, Japan
东京帝国大学
dōng jīng dì guó dà xué
Tokyo Imperial University (renamed Tokyo University after 1945)
东北大学
dōng běi dà xué
Northeastern University (in Shenyang 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 shi4], Liaoning); Tōhoku University, Sendai, Japan
东南大学
dōng nán dà xué
Southeast University
东吴大学
dōng wú dà xué
Soochow University (Suzhou, PRC from 1900-1952); Soochow University (Taipei, Taiwan since 1954)
东大
dōng dà
(slang) China
东方大苇莺
dōng fāng dà wěi yīng
(bird species of China) oriental reed warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis)
东海大学
dōng hǎi dà xué
Tunghai University (in Taichung, Taiwan)
东海大桥
dōng hǎi dà qiáo
Donghai Bridge, 32.5 km bridge between Shanghai and the offshore Yangshan deep-water port
东非大地堑
dōng fēi dà dì qiàn
Great East African rift valley
东非大裂谷
dōng fēi dà liè gǔ
East African Rift Valley
中北大学
zhōng běi dà xué
North University of China (Shanxi)
中原大学
zhōng yuán dà xué
Chung Yuan Christian University, in Taiwan
中国人大
zhōng guó rén dà
China National People's Congress
中国人民大学
zhōng guó rén mín dà xué
Renmin University of China
中国传媒大学
zhōng guó chuán méi dà xué
Communication University of China (CUC), the highest institute of radio, film and television education in China
中国光大银行
zhōng guó guāng dà yín háng
China Everbright Bank
中国地质大学
zhōng guó dì zhì dà xué
China University of Geosciences
中国大百科全书出版社
zhōng guó dà bǎi kē quán shū chū bǎn shè
Encyclopedia of China Publishing House
中国大蝾螈
zhōng guó dà róng yuán
Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus)
中国大陆
zhōng guó dà lù
mainland China
中国政法大学
zhōng guó zhèng fǎ dà xué
China University of Political Science and Law, located in Beijing
中央民族大学
zhōng yāng mín zú dà xué
Central University for Nationalities
中央财经大学
zhōng yāng cái jīng dà xué
Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing
中山大学
zhōng shān dà xué
Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou); Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung); Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists
中苏解决悬案大纲协定
zhōng sū jiě jué xuán àn dà gāng xié dìng
the treaty of 1923 normalizing relations between the Soviet Union and the Northern Warlord government of China
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
久闻大名
jiǔ wén dà míng
your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
义大利
yì dà lì
(Tw) Italy
义大利语
yì dà lì yǔ
(Tw) Italian (language)
义大利面
yì dà lì miàn
(Tw) spaghetti; pasta
乔治城大学
qiáo zhì chéng dà xué
Georgetown University in Washington D.C., famous as quality Jesuit university and for its basketball team
习大大
xí dà dà
Papa Xi, nickname for Xi Jinping 習近平|习近平[Xi2 Jin4 ping2]
乾嘉三大家
qián jiā sān dà jiā
the three leading poets of the Qianlong-Jiaqing era (1735–1820), who championed personal expression and innovation in Qing poetry: Yuan Mei 袁枚[Yuan2 Mei2], Jiang Shiquan 蔣士銓|蒋士铨[Jiang3 Shi4 quan2] and Zhao Yi 趙翼|赵翼[Zhao4 Yi4]
事关重大
shì guān zhòng dà
the implications are profound; the ramifications are huge; (of a decision etc) consequential
事无大小
shì wú dà xiǎo
see 事無巨細|事无巨细[shi4 wu2 ju4 xi4]
二次世界大战
èr cì shì jiè dà zhàn
World War Two
二次大战
èr cì dà zhàn
World War Two
五大三粗
wǔ dà sān cū
burly; strapping; big and strong
五大名山
wǔ dà míng shān
Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Heng2 Shan1] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Song1 Shan1] in Henan
五大洲
wǔ dà zhōu
five continents; the whole world
五大湖
wǔ dà hú
the Great Lakes (of North America)
五大连池
wǔ dà lián chí
see 五大連池市|五大连池市[Wu3 da4 lian2 chi2 Shi4]
五大连池市
wǔ dà lián chí shì
Wudalianchi, a county-level city in Heihe City 黑河市[Hei1 he2 Shi4], Heilongjiang
五花大绑
wǔ huā dà bǎng
to bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck; to truss up
五角大厦
wǔ jiǎo dà shà
(Tw) the Pentagon
五角大楼
wǔ jiǎo dà lóu
the Pentagon
亚历山大
yà lì shān dà
Alexander (name); Alexandria (town name)
亚历山大大帝
yà lì shān dà dà dì
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)
亚历山大·杜布切克
yà lì shān dà · dù bù qiē kè
Alexander Dubček (1921-1992), leader of Czechoslovakia (1968-1969)
亚历山大里亚
yà lì shān dà lǐ yà
Alexandria
亚历山大鹦鹉
yà lì shān dà yīng wǔ
(bird species of China) Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
亚欧大陆
yà ōu dà lù
Eurasian continent
亚欧大陆桥
yà ōu dà lù qiáo
Eurasian land bridge (rail line linking China and Europe)
亚欧大陆腹地
yà ōu dà lù fù dì
Eurasian hinterland (i.e. Central Asia including Xinjiang)
亚特兰大
yà tè lán dà
Atlanta
交大
jiāo dà
Jiaotong University; University of Communications; abbr. of 交通大學|交通大学[Jiao1 tong1 Da4 xue2]
交通大学
jiāo tōng dà xué
abbr. for 上海交通大學|上海交通大学 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西安交通大學|西安交通大学 Xia'an Jiaotong University, 國立交通大學|国立交通大学 National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) etc
产粮大省
chǎn liáng dà shěng
major agricultural province
京杭大运河
jīng háng dà yùn hé
the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
亲善大使
qīn shàn dà shǐ
goodwill ambassador
人大
rén dà
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])
人民大会堂
rén mín dà huì táng
the Great Hall of the People (in Beijing)
人高马大
rén gāo mǎ dà
tall and strong
仙女座大星云
xiān nǚ zuò dà xīng yún
great nebula in Andromeda or Andromeda galaxy M31
以老大自居
yǐ lǎo dà zì jū
regarding oneself as number one in terms of leadership, seniority or status
仪表放大器
yí biǎo fàng dà qì
instrumentation amplifier
仰光大金塔
yǎng guāng dà jīn tǎ
Great Pagoda of Yangon (Rangoon)
伟大
wěi dà
huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
伦敦大学亚非学院
lún dūn dà xué yà fēi xué yuàn
London University School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
伦敦大学学院
lún dūn dà xué xué yuàn
University College, London
伯赛大
bó sài dà
Bethsaida, settlement mentioned in the New Testament near the Sea of Galilee
低音大号
dī yīn dà hào
tuba
低音大提琴
dī yīn dà tí qín
double bass; contrabass
体大思精
tǐ dà sī jīng
extensive and penetrating (idiom); expansive and profound (of writing)
佳木斯大学
jiā mù sī dà xué
Jiamusi University (Heilongjiang)
侃大山
kǎn dà shān
to chatter idly; to gossip; to boast or brag
供大于求
gōng dà yú qiú
supply exceeds demand
倾盆大雨
qīng pén dà yǔ
(idiom) a downpour; rain bucketing down
假大空
jiǎ dà kōng
empty words; bogus speech
偌大
ruò dà
so big; such a big
做大
zuò dà
arrogant; to put on airs; (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale
傍大款
bàng dà kuǎn
to live off a rich man
催泪大片
cuī lèi dà piàn
tear-jerker (movie)
傻大个
shǎ dà gè
idiot; blockhead; clod
傻大个儿
shǎ dà gè r
stupid great hulk of a man
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
元曲四大家
yuán qǔ sì dà jiā
Four Great Yuan Dramatists, namely: Guan Hanqing 關漢卿|关汉卿[Guan1 Han4 qing1], Zheng Guangzu 鄭光祖|郑光祖[Zheng4 Guang1 zu3], Ma Zhiyuan 馬致遠|马致远[Ma3 Zhi4 yuan3] and Bai Pu 白樸|白朴[Bai2 Pu3]
元诗四大家
yuán shī sì dà jiā
the four masters of Yuan poetry, namely 虞集[Yu2 Ji2], 範梈|范梈[Fan4 Peng1], 楊載|杨载[Yang2 Zai4] and 揭傒斯[Jie1 Xi1 si1]
先大母
xiān dà mǔ
my late paternal grandmother
光大
guāng dà
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
光明正大
guāng míng zhèng dà
(of a person) honorable; not devious; (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly; (of a situation) out in the open
光禄大夫
guāng lù dài fu
honorific title during Tang to Qing times, approx. "Glorious grand master"
全国人大
quán guó rén dà
National People's Congress (NPC) (abbr. for 全國人民代表大會|全国人民代表大会[Quan2 guo2 Ren2 min2 Dai4 biao3 Da4 hui4])
全国人大会议
quán guó rén dà huì yì
National People's Congress (NPC)
全国人大常委会
quán guó rén dà cháng wěi huì
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (abbr. for 全國人民代表大會常務委員會|全国人民代表大会常务委员会[Quan2 guo2 Ren2 min2 Dai4 biao3 Da4 hui4 Chang2 wu4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4])
Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
全国代表大会
quán guó dài biǎo dà huì
national general congress; Communist party national congress, in recent times every five years
全权大使
quán quán dà shǐ
plenipotentiary ambassador
八万大藏经
bā wàn dà zàng jīng
Tripitaka Koreana, Buddhist scriptures carved on 81,340 wooden tablets and housed in the Haein Temple 海印寺[Hai3 yin4 si4] in South Gyeongsang province of South Korea
八大元老
bā dà yuán lǎo
"the Eight Great Eminent Officials" of the CCP, namely 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2], 陳雲|陈云[Chen2 Yun2], 李先念[Li3 Xian1 nian4], 彭真[Peng2 Zhen1], 楊尚昆|杨尚昆[Yang2 Shang4 kun1], 薄一波[Bo2 Yi1 bo1], 王震[Wang2 Zhen4], and 宋任窮|宋任穷[Song4 Ren4 qiong2]; abbr. to 八老[Ba1 lao3]
八大工业国组织
bā dà gōng yè guó zǔ zhī
G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
八大菜系
bā dà cài xì
the eight major cuisines of China, namely 川魯粵蘇浙閩湘徽|川鲁粤苏浙闽湘徽[Chuan1 Lu3 Yue4 Su1 Zhe4 Min3 Xiang1 Hui1]
八岐大蛇
bā qí dà shé
Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)
八抬大轿
bā tái dà jiào
palanquin with eight carriers; (fig.) lavish treatment
公寓大楼
gōng yù dà lóu
apartment building
六朝四大家
liù cháo sì dà jiā
Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不興|曹不兴[Cao2 Bu4 xing1], Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之|顾恺之[Gu4 Kai3 zhi1], Lu Tanwei 陸探微|陆探微[Lu4 Tan4 wei1] and Zhang Sengyou 張僧繇|张僧繇[Zhang1 Seng1 you2]
兰州大学
lán zhōu dà xué
Lanzhou University
共商大计
gòng shāng dà jì
to discuss matters of vital importance
关公面前耍大刀
guān gōng miàn qián shuǎ dà dāo
lit. to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan (idiom); fig. to make a fool of oneself by showing off in front of an expert
关岛大学
guān dǎo dà xué
University of Guam
关门大吉
guān mén dà jí
to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom)
兹事体大
zī shì tǐ dà
this is no small thing (idiom); to have a serious matter at hand
