| dà | big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/oldest/eldest |
| dài | doctor |
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| 大…大… | used before nouns, verbs, or adjectives to show a high degree |
| 大…特… | with a word repeated for emphasis |
| 大一 | first-year university student |
| 大一些 | a bit bigger |
| 大一统 | unification (of the nation) large scale unification |
| 大一统志 | Dayuan Dayi Tongzhi, Yuan dynasty geographical encyclopedia, compiled 1285-1294 under Jamal al-Din 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁 and Yu Yinglong 虞應龍|虞应龙, 755 scrolls |
| 大丁草 | [Botany] gerbera |
| 大丈夫 | true man; real man |
| 大丈夫能屈能伸 | A leader can submit or can stand tall as required. ready to give and take flexible |
| 大三 | third-year university student |
| 大三和弦 | major triad do-mi-so |
| 大三度 | major third (musical interval) |
| 大三角帆 | a spinnaker |
| 大不了 | at worst if worst comes to worst serious |
| 大不列蹀 | to be too casual or informal |
| 大不列颠 | Great Britain |
| 大不敬 | great disrespect to one's superior |
| 大不相同 | not at all the same substantially different |
| 大不里士 | Tabriz city in northwest Iran, capital of Iranian East Azerbaijan |