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 家 jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 叔叔 shū shu father's younger brother / uncle / Taiwan pr. [shu2 shu5] / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 大大 dà dà greatly / enormously / (dialect) dad / uncle syn 大叔 dà shū eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) syn 舅舅 jiù jiu mother's brother / maternal uncle (informal) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 大爷 大爺 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man syn 叔父 shū fù father's younger brother / uncle syn 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother / uncle syn 波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn 舅妈 舅媽 jiù mā (coll.) aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 厚望 hòu wàng great hopes / great expectations 姨父 yí fu husband of mother's sister / uncle syn 老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) syn 姑父 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 大业 大業 dà yè great cause / great undertaking syn 大吉大利 dà jí dà lì great luck, great profit (idiom) / everything is thriving syn 舅父 jiù fù mother's brother / maternal uncle syn 姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn 贤人 賢人 xián rén great person of the past / venerable forebear / the great and the good syn 老大爷 老大爺 lǎo dà yé uncle / grandpa / CL:位[wei4] syn 舅母 jiù mǔ wife of mother's brother / aunt / maternal uncle's wife syn 宏愿 宏願 hóng yuàn great aspiration / great ambition syn 大功 dà gōng great merit / great service syn 世伯 shì bó uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father) / old friend 从子 從子 cóng zǐ paternal uncle's son / nephew 伯 bó father's elder brother / senior / paternal elder uncle / eldest of brothers / respectful form of address / Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] syn 叔 shū uncle / father's younger brother / husband's younger brother / Taiwan pr. [shu2] syn 舅 jiù maternal uncle syn 姑夫 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle syn 玄孙 玄孫 xuán sūn great-great-grandson 五大湖 wǔ dà hú Great Lakes / the five north American Great Lakes 大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb syn 万 萬 wàn ten thousand / a great number 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 伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) 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] 王 wáng king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great syn 海 hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn 大多数 大多數 dà duō shù (great) majority syn 重大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant syn 大量 dà liàng great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous syn 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 好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty / very difficult 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 费力 費力 fèi lì to expend a great deal of effort syn 老奶奶 lǎo nǎi nai (coll.) father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother / respectful form of address for an old woman syn 曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 急速 jí sù hurried / at a great speed / rapid (development) syn 伟人 偉人 wěi rén great person syn 用功 yòng gōng diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort syn 大帝 dà dì heavenly emperor / "the Great" (title) syn 长城 長城 cháng chéng the Great Wall syn 不列颠 不列顛 bù liè diān Britain / British / Great Britain 惋惜 wǎn xī to regret / to feel that it is a great pity / to feel sorry for sb syn 重担 重擔 zhòng dàn heavy burden / difficult task / great responsibility 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 抢手 搶手 qiǎng shǒu (of goods) popular / in great demand syn 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 大不列颠 大不列顛 dà bù liè diān Great Britain 辛辛苦苦 xīn xīn kǔ kǔ painstakingly / with great trouble syn 老爷爷 老爺爺 lǎo yé ye (coll.) father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather syn 雄心 xióng xīn great ambition / lofty aspiration syn 抬举 擡舉 tái ju to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly / Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3] syn 远航 遠航 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight 狄更斯 dí gēng sī Dickens (name) / Charles Dickens (1812-1870), great English novelist 毁于一旦 毀於一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve) syn 兴高采烈 興高采烈 xìng gāo cǎi liè happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight syn 珍视 珍視 zhēn shì to place great importance on / to treasure syn 盛情 shèng qíng great kindness / magnificent hospitality syn 波涛 波濤 bō tāo great waves / billows syn 巨变 巨變 jù biàn great changes 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 悉心 xī xīn to put one's heart (and soul) into sth / with great care syn 宏大 hóng dà great / grand syn 富含 fù hán to contain in great quantities / rich in syn 大街小巷 dà jiē xiǎo xiàng great streets and small alleys (idiom) / everywhere in the city syn 高材生 gāo cái shēng student of great ability syn 摆架子 擺架子 bǎi jià zi to put on airs / to assume great airs 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 失之交臂 shī zhī jiāo bì to miss narrowly / to let a great opportunity slip syn 金日成 jīn rì chéng Kim Il Sung (1912-1994) Great Leader of North Korea 小巫见大巫 小巫見大巫 xiǎo wū jiàn dà wū lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom) / fig. to pale into insignificance by comparison syn 大张旗鼓 大張旗鼓 dà zhāng qí gǔ with great fanfare syn 壮志 壯志 zhuàng zhì great goal / magnificent aspiration syn 托尔斯泰 托爾斯泰 tuō ěr sī tài Tolstoy (name) / Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平 奔流 bēn liú to flow at great speed / to pour / racing current syn 百发百中 百發百中 bǎi fā bǎi zhòng lit. one hundred shots, one hundred hits / to carry out a task with great precision / to shoot with unfailing accuracy / be a crack shot (idiom) syn 神通广大 神通廣大 shén tōng guǎng dà (idiom) to possess great magical power / to possess remarkable abilities syn 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 强国 強國 qiáng guó powerful country / great power 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 不厌其烦 不厭其煩 bù yàn qí fán not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom) / to take great pains / to be very patient syn 好容易 hǎo róng yì (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy syn 缔造者 締造者 dì zào zhě creator (of a great work) / founder syn 兴师动众 興師動眾 xīng shī dòng zhòng to muster large forces / to get a great number of people involved (in carrying out some task) syn 