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 清醒 qīng xǐng clear-headed / sober / awake syn 冷静 冷靜 lěng jìng calm / cool-headed / dispassionate / (of a place) deserted / quiet syn 卖场 賣場 mài chǎng (big) store 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 吹牛 chuī niú to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect) syn 大踏步 dà tà bù in big strides / (fig.) in giant steps 斗牛 dǒu niú Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy) 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 饭庄 飯莊 fàn zhuāng big restaurant syn 秃子 禿子 tū zi bald-headed person / baldy 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 大腹便便 dà fù pián pián big-bellied (idiom) / paunchy syn 丢三落四 丟三落四 diū sān là sì forgetful / empty-headed syn 吹牛皮 chuī niú pí to boast / to talk big syn 嚷 rǎng to shout / to bellow / to make a big deal of sth / to make a fuss about sth syn 强大 強大 qiáng dà big and strong / formidable / powerful 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 大幅 dà fú a big margin / substantially 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 多大 duō dà how old? / how big? / how much? / so big / that much 巨头 巨頭 jù tóu tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot syn 特大 tè dà exceptionally big syn 为首 為首 wéi shǒu head / be headed by syn 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 大口 dà kǒu big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping 大局 dà jú overall situation / the big picture 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 进城 進城 jìn chéng to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work) 混沌 hùn dùn primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused / chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed / simple-minded syn 天大 tiān dà gargantuan / as big as the sky / enormous 迷糊 mí hu muddle-headed / dazed / only half conscious syn 大兴 大興 dà xīng to go in for something in a big way / to undertake on a large scale 多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) syn 豪门 豪門 háo mén rich and powerful (families) / aristocratic / big shots syn 拇指 mǔ zhǐ thumb / big toe syn 大亨 dà hēng big shot / top gun / superstar / VIP syn 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 大炮 大砲 dà pào big gun / cannon / artillery / one who talks big / CL:門|门[men2],尊[zun1] syn 华尔街 華爾街 huá ěr jiē Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business 硕大 碩大 shuò dà big / huge / massive syn 大腕 dà wàn (coll.) big shot / big name / bigwig / heavyweight syn 波霸 bō bà (slang) (loanword) big boobs / big-breasted / (coll.) tapioca balls, in 波霸奶茶[bo1 ba4 nai3 cha2] 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 偌大 ruò dà so big / such a big syn 牛皮 niú pí cowhide / leather / fig. flexible and tough / boasting / big 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 找死 zhǎo sǐ to court death / to take a big risk 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 一斑 yī bān lit. one spot (on the leopard) / fig. one small item in a big scheme 坛子 罈子 tán zi jug (earthenware with a big belly and a small opening) syn 头大 頭大 tóu dà to have a big head / (fig.) to get a headache / one's head is swimming 鲁莽 魯莽 lǔ mǎng hot-headed / impulsive / reckless syn 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 闹翻 鬧翻 nào fān to have a falling out / to have a big argument syn 北斗星 běi dǒu xīng the Big Dipper / the Plow syn 大件 dà jiàn large / bulky / big-ticket item 大锅 大鍋 dà guō a big wok / cauldron 大棒 dà bàng big stick (policy etc) syn 大言不惭 大言不慚 dà yán bù cán to boast shamelessly / to talk big syn 大肚子 dà dù zi pregnant / potbelly / big eater syn 老大哥 lǎo dà gē big brother syn 硬仗 yìng zhàng tough battle / difficult task / big challenge 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 白术 白朮 bái zhú the rhizome of large-headed atractylodes (Atractylodes macrocephaia) 显贵 顯貴 xiǎn guì dignitary / distinguished person / royalty / nobleman / big shot syn 巨细 巨細 jù xì big and small syn 大字报 大字報 dà zì bào big-character poster 磊落 lěi luò big and stout / big-hearted / open and honest / continuous / repeated 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] 夸夸其谈 誇誇其談 kuā kuā qí tán to talk big / to sound off / bombastic / grandiloquent syn 战斗群 戰鬥群 zhàn dòu qún battle group / naval formation headed by an aircraft carrier 魁伟 魁偉 kuí wěi tall and big / stalwart syn 粲然 càn rán clear and bright / with a big smile syn 豪富 háo fù rich and powerful / rich and influential person / big shot 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 耍嘴皮子 shuǎ zuǐ pí zi to talk glibly / to talk big / to be all talk syn 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 笑面虎 xiào miàn hǔ man with a big smile and evil intentions syn 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 大本钟 大本鐘 dà běn zhōng Big Ben 京 jīng capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old) syn 章回小说 章回小說 zhāng huí xiǎo shuō novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet 集腋成裘 jí yè chéng qiú many hairs make a fur coat (idiom) / many small contributions add up to sth big / many a mickle makes a muckle syn 昏聩 昏聵 hūn kuì muddle-headed syn 不识大体 不識大體 bù shí dà tǐ to fail to see the larger issue (idiom) / to fail to grasp the big picture syn 星移斗转 星移斗轉 xīng yí dǒu zhuǎn lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] has turned and the stars have moved / time flies / also written 斗轉星移|斗转星移[Dou3 zhuan3 xing1 yi2] 夸海口 誇海口 kuā hǎi kǒu to boast / to talk big 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 轮 輪 lún wheel / disk / ring / steamship / to take turns / to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn syn 伟 偉 wěi big / large / great syn 洪 hóng flood / big / great syn 涛 濤 tāo big wave / Taiwan pr. [tao2] syn 硕 碩 shuò (bound form) large / big / (bound form) master's degree (abbr. for 碩士|硕士[shuo4shi4]) 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 