海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 万 萬 wàn ten thousand / a great number 大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn 开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb syn 多么 多麼 duō me how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent syn 长城 長城 cháng chéng the Great Wall syn 大帝 dà dì heavenly emperor / "the Great" (title) syn 惋惜 wǎn xī to regret / to feel that it is a great pity / to feel sorry for sb syn 杀机 殺機 shā jī desire to commit murder / great danger 兴高采烈 興高采烈 xìng gāo cǎi liè happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight syn 用功 yòng gōng diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort syn 波涛 波濤 bō tāo great waves / billows syn 津津有味 jīn jīn yǒu wèi with keen interest (idiom) / with great pleasure / with gusto / eagerly syn 盛情 shèng qíng great kindness / magnificent hospitality syn 神通广大 神通廣大 shén tōng guǎng dà (idiom) to possess great magical power / to possess remarkable abilities syn 抬举 抬舉 tái jǔ to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly syn 大悲咒 dà bēi zhòu the Great Compassion Mantra 洪福 hóng fú good fortune / great blessing syn 匠心独运 匠心獨運 jiàng xīn dú yùn original and ingenious (idiom) / to show great creativity syn 祸乱 禍亂 huò luàn calamity and chaos / devastating disorder / great turmoil syn 费工夫 費工夫 fèi gōng fu to spend a great deal of time and effort / (of a task) demanding / exacting syn 雄图 雄圖 xióng tú grandiose plan / great ambition syn 万丈高楼平地起 萬丈高樓平地起 wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom) / great oaks from little acorns grow 硬 yìng hard / stiff / solid / (fig.) strong / firm / resolutely / uncompromisingly / laboriously / with great difficulty / good (quality) / able (person) / (of food) filling / substantial syn 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 大量 dà liàng great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous syn 英国 英國 yīng guó United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国[Lian2 he2 wang2 guo2] / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland / abbr. for England 英格蘭|英格兰[Ying1 ge2 lan2] 大师 大師 dà shī great master / master syn 大众 大眾 dà zhòng the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc) syn 大多数 大多數 dà duō shù (great) majority syn 超值 chāo zhí to be well worth the money one pays (for it) / to be great value 好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty / very difficult syn 大有 dà yǒu there is a great deal of ... (typically followed by a bisyllabic word, as in 大有希望[da4you3-xi1wang4]) / (literary) bumper harvest / abundance syn 悠悠 yōu yōu lasting for ages / long drawn out / remote in time or space / unhurried / a great number (of events) / preposterous / pensive syn 大桥 大橋 dà qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China syn 急速 jí sù hurried / at a great speed / rapid (development) syn 热卖 熱賣 rè mài to sell strongly / to be in great demand 明珠 míng zhū pearl / jewel (of great value) 大同 dà tóng see 大同市[Da4tong2 Shi4] / see 大同鄉|大同乡[Da4tong2 Xiang1] / see 大同區|大同区[Da4tong2 Qu1] / (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society) 沧桑 滄桑 cāng sāng great changes / ups and downs / vicissitudes / abbr. of 滄海桑田|沧海桑田[cang1 hai3 sang1 tian2] syn 名师 名師 míng shī famous master / great teacher syn 大问题 大問題 dà wèn tí great problem / large problem 大户 大戶 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer syn 慌忙 huāng máng in a great rush / in a flurry syn 红楼梦 紅樓夢 hóng lóu mèng A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels 大雪 dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December 大惊 大驚 dà jīng with great alarm 费力 費力 fèi lì to expend a great deal of effort syn 波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn 强国 強國 qiáng guó powerful country / great power syn 伟业 偉業 wěi yè exploit / great undertaking syn 富含 fù hán to contain in great quantities / rich in syn 追捧 zhuī pěng to exhibit great enthusiasm for sb or sth / to embrace / favor / acclaim / adulation / high demand 新政 xīn zhèng new policy / New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression) syn 淋漓尽致 淋漓盡致 lín lí jìn zhì lit. extreme saturation (idiom) / fig. vividly and thoroughly / in great detail / without restraint / (of a performance) brilliant syn 大胜 大勝 dà shèng to defeat decisively / to win decisively / great victory / triumph syn 大革命 dà gé mìng great revolution 强忍 強忍 qiáng rěn to resist (with great difficulty) 雄心 xióng xīn great ambition / lofty aspiration syn 不怎么样 不怎麼樣 bù zěn me yàng not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it syn 伟人 偉人 wěi rén great person syn 大业 大業 dà yè great cause / great undertaking syn 林立 lín lì to stand in great numbers syn 宗师 宗師 zōng shī great scholar respected for learning and integrity syn 大圣 大聖 dà shèng great sage / mahatma / king / emperor / outstanding personage / Buddha 北斗 běi dǒu Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan syn 小桥 小橋 xiǎo qiáo Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China 人民大会堂 人民大會堂 rén mín dà huì táng the Great Hall of the People (in Beijing) 大智慧 dà zhì huì great wisdom and knowledge (Buddhism) 辛辛苦苦 xīn xīn kǔ kǔ painstakingly / with great trouble syn 大街小巷 dà jiē xiǎo xiàng great streets and small alleys (idiom) / everywhere in the city syn 大雄 dà xióng great hero / main Buddhist image (in temple) 大峡谷 大峽谷 dà xiá gǔ great valley / Grand Canyon of Colorado River 悉心 xī xīn to put one's heart (and soul) into sth / with great care syn 重担 重擔 zhòng dàn heavy burden / difficult task / great responsibility syn 发扬光大 發揚光大 fā yáng guāng dà to develop and promote / to carry forward / to bring to great height of development syn 唐伯虎 táng bó hǔ Tang Bohu or Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子 大功 dà gōng great merit / great service syn 太祖 tài zǔ Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty) syn 