伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) syn 王 wáng king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great syn 大厦 大廈 dà shà (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc) syn 盛大 shèng dà grand / majestic / magnificent syn 作风 作風 zuò fēng style / style of work / way syn 隆重 lóng zhòng grand / prosperous / ceremonious / solemn syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 宏伟 宏偉 hóng wěi grand / imposing / magnificent syn 格调 格調 gé diào style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character syn 大酒店 dà jiǔ diàn grand hotel syn 大法官 dà fǎ guān grand justice / high court justice / supreme court justice syn 大名鼎鼎 dà míng dǐng dǐng grand reputation / renowned / famous syn 雄伟 雄偉 xióng wěi grand / imposing / magnificent / majestic syn 大奖赛 大獎賽 dà jiǎng sài grand prix 盛典 shèng diǎn majestic pomp / grand ceremony syn 盛事 shèng shì grand occasion syn 堂堂 táng táng grand / magnificent / stately / majestic appearance syn 宏大 hóng dà great / grand syn 大公 dà gōng grand duke / impartial syn 手笔 手筆 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale syn 总计 總計 zǒng jì (grand) total syn 宏图 宏圖 hóng tú major undertaking / vast plan / grand prospect syn 写法 寫法 xiě fǎ style of writing (literary style) / way of writing a character / spelling 排场 排場 pái chang ostentation / a show of extravagance / grand style / red tape syn 盛况 盛況 shèng kuàng grand occasion 盛举 盛舉 shèng jǔ grand event / magnificent undertaking 堂皇 táng huáng imposing / grand syn 民不聊生 mín bù liáo shēng The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]) / no way of getting by syn 大运河 大運河 dà yùn hé the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC 盛极一时 盛極一時 shèng jí yī shí all the rage for a time / grand fashion for a limited time syn 司马迁 司馬遷 sī mǎ qiān Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography 壮阔 壯闊 zhuàng kuò grand / majestic / vast syn 泱泱 yāng yāng grand / magnificent / vast syn 史记 史記 shǐ jì Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3] 大峡谷 大峽谷 dà xiá gǔ great valley / Grand Canyon of Colorado River 大满贯 大滿貫 dà mǎn guàn grand slam 漕河 cáo hé waterway used for the transportation of grain (in ancient times) (esp. the Grand Canal 大運河|大运河[Da4 Yun4 he2]) 白描 bái miáo line drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style / simple and straightforward style of writing 京杭大运河 京杭大運河 jīng háng dà yùn hé the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC 张居正 張居正 zhāng jū zhèng Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee 恭亲王 恭親王 gōng qīn wáng Grand Prince (Qing title) 泰 tài safe / peaceful / most / grand syn 隆 lóng grand / intense / prosperous / to swell / to bulge 豪 háo grand / heroic syn 雄 xióng male / staminate / grand / imposing / powerful / mighty / person or state having great power and influence syn 浩 hào grand / vast (water) syn 满贯 滿貫 mǎn guàn to win every trick in a card game / grand slam / fig. total success syn 雄心勃勃 xióng xīn bó bó aggressive and grand (idiom) / ambitious / pushy syn 大公国 大公國 dà gōng guó grand duchy syn 丕 pī grand syn 傀 guī grand / strange / exotic 嘏 jiǎ far / grand 颙 顒 yóng grand / majestic / just / stern 头 頭 tóu head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 方式 fāng shì way / manner / style / mode / pattern / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn 风 風 fēng wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1] syn 格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn 风格 風格 fēng gé style syn 式 shì type / form / pattern / style syn 体 體 tǐ body / form / style / system / substance / to experience / aspect (linguistics) syn 打扮 dǎ ban to decorate / to dress / to make up / to adorn / manner of dressing / style of dress syn 流行 liú xíng (of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable syn 造型 zào xíng to model / to shape / appearance / style / design / form / pose syn 西装 西裝 xī zhuāng suit / Western-style clothes / CL:套[tao4] syn 花样 花樣 huā yàng pattern / way of doing sth / trick / ruse / fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰[hua1 yang4 hua2 bing1] figure skating) syn 模样 模樣 mú yàng look / style / appearance / approximation / about / CL:個|个[ge4] / also pr. [mo2 yang4] syn 文字 wén zì character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 西服 xī fú suit / Western-style clothes (historical usage) syn 本子 běn zi book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL:本[ben3] / edition syn 风味 風味 fēng wèi distinctive flavor / distinctive style syn 袍子 páo zi Chinese-style gown syn 字体 字體 zì tǐ calligraphic style / typeface / font syn 复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn 样式 樣式 yàng shì type / style syn 新款 xīn kuǎn new style / latest fashion / new model syn 新式 xīn shì new style / latest type syn 家常便饭 家常便飯 jiā cháng biàn fàn simple home-style meal / common occurrence / nothing out of the ordinary syn 老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn 西点 西點 xī diǎn Western-style pastry 式样 式樣 shì yàng style syn 旧式 舊式 jiù shì old style 含蓄 hán xù to contain / to hold / (of a person or style etc) reserved / restrained / (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning / implicit / veiled (criticism) syn 欧式 歐式 ōu shì in the European style / Euclidean 流派 liú pài tributary (stream) / (fig.) school (of thought) / genre / style syn 谈吐 談吐 tán tǔ style of conversation syn 臃肿 臃腫 yōng zhǒng obese / bloated / swollen (style) / (fig.) (of an organization) oversized or overstaffed syn 派头 派頭 pài tóu manner / style / panache syn 文笔 文筆 wén bǐ writings / writing style syn 洋装 洋裝 yáng zhuāng Western-style dress syn 花式 huā shì fancy-style (as in 花式溜冰|花式溜冰[hua1 shi4 liu1 bing1] figure skating) 和风 和風 hé fēng breeze / (Tw) Japanese-style (cooking etc) syn 挥洒 揮灑 huī sǎ to sprinkle / to shed (tears, blood etc) / fig. free, unconstrained / to write in a free style syn 交椅 jiāo yǐ old-style wooden folding armchair, typically featuring a footrest / (fig.) position in a hierarchy syn 天马行空 天馬行空 tiān mǎ xíng kōng like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style syn 开篇 開篇 kāi piān start of literary work / opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tan2 ci2] syn 毛遂自荐 毛遂自薦 máo suì zì jiàn Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom) / to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states) syn 风貌 風貌 fēng mào style / manner / ethos 西式 xī shì Western style 