操纵 操縱 cāo zòng to operate / to control / to rig / to manipulate syn 大炮 大砲 dà pào big gun / cannon / artillery / one who talks big / CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1] syn 巨头 巨頭 jù tóu tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot syn 大腕 dà wàn (coll.) big shot / big name / bigwig / heavyweight syn 搭建 dā jiàn to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up 偌大 ruò dà so big / such a big syn 钻机 鑽機 zuān ji drilling rig syn 磊落 lěi luò big and stout / big-hearted / open and honest / continuous / repeated syn 多大 duō dà how old? / how big? / how much? / so big / that much 波霸 bō bà (slang) (loanword) big boobs / big-breasted / (coll.) tapioca balls, in 波霸奶茶[bo1 ba4 nai3 cha2] 大鳄 大鱷 dà è lit. big crocodile / fig. major figure / big shot / top boss (esp. criminal) 实验台 實驗台 shí yàn tái test jig / test rig / test bench / test stand 穿孔机 chuān kǒng jī drilling rig 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 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) 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 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 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 豪富 háo fù rich and powerful / rich and influential person / big shot syn 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 找死 zhǎo sǐ to court death / to take a big risk 头大 頭大 tóu dà to have a big head / (fig.) to get a headache / one's head is swimming 大爆炸 dà bào zhà Big Bang (cosmology) 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 大锅 大鍋 dà guō a big wok / cauldron 饭庄 飯莊 fàn zhuāng big restaurant syn 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] 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 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 四大 sì dà the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC) 杓 biāo (literary) handle of a spoon or ladle / (literary) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper 大处着眼 大處著眼 dà chù zhuó yǎn View the big picture while handling the details (idiom). 大器晚成 dà qì wǎn chéng lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom) / fig. a great talent matures slowly / in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state / Rome wasn't built in a day syn 磊磊 lěi lěi big pile of rocks / bighearted / open and honest 管中窥豹 管中窺豹 guǎn zhōng kuī bào lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom) / fig. to miss the big picture syn 