大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 强大 強大 qiáng dà big and strong / formidable / powerful syn 大事 dà shì 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] syn 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 嘴唇 zuǐ chún lip / CL:片[pian4] syn 拇指 mǔ zhǐ thumb / big toe syn 吹牛 chuī niú to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect) syn 进城 進城 jìn chéng to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work) 大炮 大砲 dà pào big gun / cannon / artillery / one who talks big / CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1] syn 唇膏 chún gāo lip balm / lipstick syn 华尔街 華爾街 huá ěr jiē Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business 大姐 dà jiě big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) syn 大局 dà jú overall situation / the big picture syn 大亨 dà hēng big shot / top gun / superstar / VIP syn 特大 tè dà exceptionally big syn 冲刺 衝刺 chōng cì (sports) to sprint / to spurt / to dash / to put in a big effort to achieve a goal as the deadline approaches syn 闹翻 鬧翻 nào fān to have a falling out / to have a big argument syn 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 巨头 巨頭 jù tóu tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot syn 天大 tiān dà gargantuan / as big as the sky / enormous 巨龙 巨龍 jù lóng gigantic dragon (lit. and fig.) / titanosaur (abbr. for 泰坦巨龍|泰坦巨龙[tai4 tan3 ju4 long2]) / (slang) big dick / schlong 大腕 dà wàn (coll.) big shot / big name / bigwig / heavyweight syn 大幅 dà fú a big margin / substantially 老大哥 lǎo dà gē big brother syn 大肚子 dà dù zi pregnant / potbelly / big eater syn 硕大 碩大 shuò dà big / huge / massive syn 牛皮 niú pí cowhide / leather / fig. flexible and tough / boasting / big talk syn 夸夸其谈 誇誇其談 kuā kuā qí tán to talk big / to sound off / bombastic / grandiloquent syn 大体 大體 dà tǐ in general / more or less / in rough terms / basically / on the whole / overall situation / the big picture / cadaver for dissection in training medical students syn 耍嘴皮子 shuǎ zuǐ pí zi to talk glibly / to talk big / to be all talk syn 大计 大計 dà jì large scale program of lasting importance / project of paramount importance / to think big / annual national audit syn 轻描淡写 輕描淡寫 qīng miáo dàn xiě (idiom) to treat sth as no big deal / to downplay / to understate syn 吹牛皮 chuī niú pí to boast / to talk big syn 硬仗 yìng zhàng tough battle / difficult task / big challenge syn 豪门 豪門 háo mén rich and powerful (families) / aristocratic / big shots syn 大灰狼 dà huī láng big bad wolf 大红大紫 大紅大紫 dà hóng dà zǐ to hit the big time 坛子 罈子 tán zi jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening) syn 大棒 dà bàng big stick (policy etc) syn 显贵 顯貴 xiǎn guì dignitary / distinguished person / royalty / nobleman / big shot syn 大动干戈 大動干戈 dà dòng gān gē lit. to go to war (idiom) / fig. to make a big fuss over sth syn 大踏步 dà tà bù in big strides / (fig.) in giant steps 大言不惭 大言不慚 dà yán bù cán to boast shamelessly / to talk big syn 大腹便便 dà fù pián pián big-bellied (idiom) / paunchy syn 偌大 ruò dà so big / such a big syn 大件 dà jiàn large / bulky / big-ticket item 笑面虎 xiào miàn hǔ man with a big smile and evil intentions syn 顾全大局 顧全大局 gù quán dà jú to take the big picture into consideration (idiom) / to work for the benefits of all 大字报 大字報 dà zì bào big-character poster 巨细 巨細 jù xì big and small syn 一斑 yī bān lit. one spot (on the leopard) / fig. one small item in a big scheme 觥筹交错 觥籌交錯 gōng chóu jiāo cuò wine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined / to drink and gamble together in a large group (idiom) / a big (drinking) party 阳奉阴违 陽奉陰違 yáng fèng yīn wéi outward devotion but inner opposition (idiom) / to pay lip service / to agree overtly, but oppose in secret syn 磊落 lěi luò big and stout / big-hearted / open and honest / continuous / repeated syn 豪富 háo fù rich and powerful / rich and influential person / big shot syn 多大 duō dà how old? / how big? / how much? / so big / that much 大口 dà kǒu big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping 卖场 賣場 mài chǎng (big) store 大兴 大興 dà xīng to go in for something in a big way / to undertake on a large scale 波霸 bō bà (slang) (loanword) big boobs / big-breasted / (coll.) tapioca balls, in 波霸奶茶[bo1 ba4 nai3 cha2] 找死 zhǎo sǐ to court death / to take a big risk 撇嘴 piě zuǐ to curl one's lip / to twitch one's mouth syn 头大 頭大 tóu dà to have a big head / (fig.) to get a headache / one's head is swimming 下唇 xià chún lower lip 大爆炸 dà bào zhà Big Bang (cosmology) 大鳄 大鱷 dà è lit. big crocodile / fig. major figure / big shot / top boss (esp. criminal) 箭步 jiàn bù sudden big stride forward 斗牛 dǒu niú Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy) 北斗星 běi dǒu xīng the Big Dipper / the Plow syn 唇彩 chún cǎi lip gloss 大锅 大鍋 dà guō a big wok / cauldron 饭庄 飯莊 fàn zhuāng big restaurant syn 假唱 jiǎ chàng to lip-sync (singing) 润唇膏 潤唇膏 rùn chún gāo chapstick / lip balm 斗转星移 斗轉星移 dǒu zhuǎn xīng yí lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved / time flies / also written 星移斗轉|星移斗转[xing1 yi2 Dou3 zhuan3] 上唇 shàng chún upper lip / (entomology) labrum 魁伟 魁偉 kuí wěi tall and big / stalwart syn 粲然 càn rán clear and bright / with a big smile syn 魁星 kuí xīng stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the rectangular body of the dipper / Kuixing, Daoist God of fate 天玑 天璣 tiān jī Phecda / Gamma Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper 轮 輪 lún wheel / disk / ring / steamship / to take turns / to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn syn 盘 盤 pán tray / plate / dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check / to examine / to investigate / to transfer / to sell (property) / to shift / to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc) syn 京 jīng capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old) syn 伟 偉 wěi big / large / great syn 嚷 rǎng to shout / to bellow / to make a big deal of sth / to make a fuss about sth syn 小题大做 小題大做 xiǎo tí dà zuò to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom) syn 洪 hóng flood / big / great syn 涛 濤 tāo big wave / Taiwan pr. [tao2] syn 盎 àng (literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth / (literary) brimming / abundant 硕 碩 shuò (bound form) large / big / (bound form) master's degree (abbr. for 碩士|硕士[shuo4shi4]) syn 大呼小叫 dà hū xiǎo jiào to shout and quarrel / to make a big fuss syn 兀 wù cut off the feet / rising to a height / towering / bald / duplicate of Big Five A461 syn 满城风雨 滿城風雨 mǎn chéng fēng yǔ lit. wind and rain sweeping through the town (idiom) / fig. a big scandal / an uproar / the talk of the town syn 兔唇 tù chún hare lip (birth defect) syn 渠 qú (artificial) stream / canal / drain / ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2]) / (literary) big / great / (dialect) he / she / him / her / (old) rim of a carriage wheel / felloe syn 拇 mǔ thumb / big toe syn 养精蓄锐 養精蓄銳 yǎng jīng xù ruì to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom) / honing one's strength for the big push 杓 biāo (literary) handle of a spoon or ladle / (literary) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper 盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees syn 