伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) syn 巨大 jù dà huge / immense / very large / tremendous / gigantic / enormous syn 冲击 衝擊 chōng jī to attack / to batter / (of waves) to pound against / shock / impact syn 庞大 龐大 páng dà huge / enormous / tremendous syn 掀起 xiān qǐ to lift / to raise (a lid etc) / (of a storm) to surge / to stir up (waves etc) / (fig.) to trigger / set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc) syn 硕大 碩大 shuò dà big / huge / massive syn 巨石 jù shí huge rock / boulder / monolith syn 风浪 風浪 fēng làng wind and waves / rough waters / (fig.) hardship syn 波涛 波濤 bō tāo great waves / billows syn 风平浪静 風平浪靜 fēng píng làng jìng lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom) / tranquil environment / all is quiet / a dead calm (at sea) syn 飘荡 飄盪 piāo dàng to drift / to wave / to float on the waves / to flutter in the wind syn 庞然大物 龐然大物 páng rán dà wù huge monster / colossus syn 波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn 航空母舰 航空母艦 háng kōng mǔ jiàn aircraft carrier (CL:艘[sou1]) / (coll.) (metaphor for sth huge, whale-like) 翻腾 翻騰 fān téng (of water, waves, emotions etc) to churn / to surge / to seethe / to somersault / to tumble / to flip / to rummage / to turn things over repeatedly syn 随波逐流 隨波逐流 suí bō zhú liú to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom) / to follow the crowd blindly syn 奔腾 奔騰 bēn téng (of waves) to surge forward / to roll on in waves / to gallop syn 巨资 巨資 jù zī huge investment / vast sum 海量 hǎi liàng huge volume syn 浩大 hào dà vast / huge syn 暴利 bào lì sudden huge profits 此起彼伏 cǐ qǐ bǐ fú up here, down there (idiom) / to rise and fall in succession / no sooner one subsides, the next arises / repeating continuously / occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc) syn 波光 bō guāng gleaming reflection of waves in sunlight 惊涛 驚濤 jīng tāo raging waves / stormy waves syn 大变 大變 dà biàn huge changes 滔天 tāo tiān (of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering / overwhelming / immense syn 相位 xiàng wèi phase (waves) 波涛汹涌 波濤洶涌 bō tāo xiōng yǒng waves surging forth / roaring sea syn 巨兽 巨獸 jù shòu giant creature / huge animal 天旋地转 天旋地轉 tiān xuán dì zhuàn the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom) / giddy with one's head spinning / fig. huge changes in the world syn 以太 yǐ tài (loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves) 巨量 jù liàng huge quantity / massive 斗大 dǒu dà huge 十万八千里 十萬八千里 shí wàn bā qiān lǐ light-years (apart) / a million miles (apart) / (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance) syn 破浪 pò làng to set sail / to brave the waves 长江后浪推前浪 長江後浪推前浪 cháng jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) / fig. the new is constantly replacing the old / each new generation excels the previous / (of things) to be constantly evolving 随波 隨波 suí bō to drift with the waves 丰沛 豐沛 fēng pèi copious / plentiful (of water) / surging (of waves) / refers to home village of first Han emperor 漢高祖|汉高祖[Han4 Gao1 zu3] / fig. majestic syn 偏振 piān zhèn polarization (of waves) 庞 龐 páng (bound form) huge / (bound form) numerous and disordered / (bound form) face syn 麦克斯韦 麥克斯韋 mài kè sī wéi Maxwell (name) / James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), Scottish physicist and mathematician, the originator of Maxwell's laws of electromagnetism and electromagnetic waves 聚沙成塔 jù shā chéng tǎ sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom) / by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity / many a mickle makes a muckle syn 长风破浪 長風破浪 cháng fēng pò làng lit. to ride the wind and crest the waves / to be ambitious and unafraid (idiom) syn 检波 檢波 jiǎn bō to detect (e.g. radio waves) 沧浪亭 滄浪亭 cāng làng tíng The Surging Waves Pavillion in Suzhou, Jiangsu 砬 lá a huge boulder / a towering rock 风口浪尖 風口浪尖 fēng kǒu làng jiān where the wind and the waves are the fiercest / at the heart of the struggle syn 无风不起浪 無風不起浪 wú fēng bù qǐ làng lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom) / there must be a reason / no smoke without fire 无风三尺浪 無風三尺浪 wú fēng sān chǐ làng lit. large waves in windless conditions (idiom) / fig. trouble arising unexpectedly 一本万利 一本萬利 yī běn wàn lì small capital, huge profit (idiom) / to put in a little and get a lot out syn 卷帙浩繁 juàn zhì hào fán a huge amount (of books and papers) syn 灪 yù (literary) (of waves) huge 流量明星 liú liàng míng xīng (neologism c. 2014) celebrity with a huge, devoted fan base / celebrity with a huge following on social media 大出血 dà chū xuè to hemorrhage / (fig.) to make a huge loss (in selling sth) / to spend a huge sum syn 澴 huán to return (of waves) 湱 huò dashing of waves 漰 pēng noise of dashing waves 澐 yún river waves 淜 péng roar of dashing waves 拍岸 pāi àn to beat against the shore (of waves) 汀线 汀線 tīng xiàn lines formed by waves on a beach 波涛粼粼 波濤粼粼 bō tāo lín lín crystalline waves (idiom) 涌浪 yǒng làng swell / billows / surging waves 涵淡 hán dàn waves 冲打 衝打 chōng dǎ (of waves, rain etc) to dash against / to batter 速调管 速調管 sù tiáo guǎn klystron (electronic tube used to produce high frequency radio waves) 醋海生波 cù hǎi shēng bō lit. waves on a sea of vinegar / trouble caused by a jealous woman (idiom) 随波逊流 隨波遜流 suí bō xùn liú to drift with the waves and yield to the flow (idiom) / to follow the crowd blindly 风恬浪静 風恬浪靜 fēng tián làng jìng lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom) / tranquil environment / All is quiet. / a dead calm (at sea) 离子回旋谐波 ion-cyclotron-harmonic waves 电子回旋谐波 electron-cyclotron-harmonic waves 大气波 dài qì bō atmospheric waves 波浪逐渐平息 波浪逐漸平息 decay of waves 离子回旋波 離子回旋波 ion-cyclotron waves 风生水起 風生水起 fēng shēng shuǐ qǐ lit. a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water (idiom) / fig. flourishing / thriving / prosperous 厖 páng huge 尨 páng old variant of 龐|庞[pang2] / huge / enormous 庬 páng huge 誧 pǔ huge / to admonish 千里之堤，溃于蚁穴 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴 qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence 失之毫厘，谬以千里 失之毫厘，謬以千里 shī zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses 失之毫厘，差之千里 失之毫釐，差之千里 shī zhī háo lí , chà zhī qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses 失之毫厘，差以千里 失之毫釐，差以千里 shī zhī háo lí , chà yǐ qiān lǐ a tiny lapse can lead to a huge mistake (idiom) / a minor discrepancy leading to enormous losses 巨大影响 巨大影響 jù dà yǐng xiǎng huge influence 差之毫厘，失之千里 差之毫釐，失之千里 chā zhī háo lí , shī zhī qiān lǐ the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile 差之毫厘，谬以千里 差之毫釐，謬以千里 chā zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom) / a miss is as good as a mile 星星之火，可以燎原 xīng xing zhī huǒ , kě yǐ liáo yuán a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom) / an insignificant cause can have a massive effect 碩大 shuò dà big / huge / massive 重利 zhòng lì high interest / huge profit / to value money highly syn 鲸波 鯨波 jīng bō huge wave or breaker 厐 龎 páng variant of 龐|庞[pang2], huge / enormous 呼格 hū gé vocative case (grammar) 不给力 不給力 bù gěi lì lame (unimpressive) / a huge letdown / not to try at all 身高马大 身高馬大 shēn gāo mǎ dà tall / huge syn 大兴机场 大興機場 dà xīng jī chǎng Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX), nicknamed 海星機場|海星机场[hai3 xing1 ji1 chang3] because its terminal looks like a huge starfish 人从众𠈌 人從眾𠈌 rén cóng zhòng yú (Internet slang) huge crowds of people (emphatic form of 人[ren2]) 事关重大 事關重大 shì guān zhòng dà the implications are profound / the ramifications are huge / (of a decision etc) consequential syn 大恩不言谢 大恩不言謝 dà ēn bù yán xiè (maxim) a mere "thank you" is an insufficient response to a huge favor / (expression of gratitude) words cannot express my appreciation for what you have done 蜂拥而至 蜂擁而至 fēng yōng ér zhì to arrive in huge numbers / to flock there 