大型 dà xíng large / large-scale syn 丛林 叢林 cóng lín jungle / thicket / forest / Buddhist monastery syn 修道院 xiū dào yuàn monastery / convent 观 觀 guàn Taoist monastery / palace gate watchtower / platform syn 寺庙 寺廟 sì miào temple / monastery / shrine syn 免税 免稅 miǎn shuì not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc) / tax free / duty free (shop) 寺院 sì yuàn cloister / temple / monastery / CL:座[zuo4] syn 少林 shào lín the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school 成群结队 成群結隊 chéng qún jié duì making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom) / in large numbers / as a large crowd syn 住持 zhù chí to administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist / abbot / head monk syn 巨轮 巨輪 jù lún large ship / large wheel 开山 開山 kāi shān to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) / to open a monastery syn 法号 法號 fǎ hào name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) 禅房 禪房 chán fáng a room in a Buddhist monastery / a temple syn 山门 山門 shān mén monastery main gate (Buddhism) / monastery 塔尔寺 塔爾寺 tǎ ěr sì Kumbum Monastery in Qinghai 法名 fǎ míng name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) / same as 法號|法号[fa3 hao4] 召 zhào to call together / to summon / to convene / temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia) syn 刹 剎 chà Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 剎多羅|刹多罗[cha4duo1luo2], Sanskrit "ksetra") syn 开山祖师 開山祖師 kāi shān zǔ shī founding master of a monastery / founder / originator syn 哲蚌寺 zhé bàng sì Drepung monastery, Lhasa, Tibet 色拉寺 sè lā sì Sera monastery near Lhasa, Tibet 甘丹寺 gān dān sì Ganden monastery, Tibetan: dGa' ldan rNam rgyal gling, Dagzê county 達孜縣|达孜县[Da2 zi1 xian4], Lhasa, Tibet 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 门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 巨大 jù dà huge / immense / very large / tremendous / gigantic / enormous syn 大楼 大樓 dà lóu building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4] syn 大量 dà liàng great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous syn 大门 大門 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family 大小 dà xiǎo large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate syn 大火 dà huǒ conflagration / large fire / CL:場|场[chang2] syn 逍遥法外 逍遙法外 xiāo yáo fǎ wài unfettered and beyond the law (idiom) / evading retribution / getting away with it (e.g. crimes) / still at large 出血 chū xuè to bleed / bleeding / (fig.) to spend money in large amounts syn 大钱 大錢 dà qián large sum of money / old Chinese type of coin of high denomination syn 大规模 大規模 dà guī mó large scale / extensive / wide scale / broad scale syn 大号 大號 dà hào tuba / large size (clothes, print etc) / (polite) (your) name / (coll.) number two / to defecate syn 在逃 zài táo to be at large (of a criminal) 施工 shī gōng construction / to carry out construction or large-scale repairs syn 大巴 dà bā (coll.) large bus / coach / (abbr. for 大型巴士) 大片 dà piàn wide expanse / large area / vast stretch / extending widely / blockbuster movie 结肠 結腸 jié cháng colon (large intestine) 兵团 兵團 bīng tuán large military unit / formation / corps / army 圣路易斯 聖路易斯 shèng lù yì sī St Louis, large city in eastern Missouri 重型 zhòng xíng heavy / heavy duty / large caliber syn 成群 chéng qún in groups / large numbers of / grouping 大队 大隊 dà duì group / a large body of / production brigade / military group 广大 廣大 guǎng dà (of an area) vast or extensive / large-scale / widespread / (of people) numerous syn 跳楼 跳樓 tiào lóu to jump from a building (to kill oneself) / fig. to sell at a large discount (in advertising) 大都市 dà dū shì metropolis / large city / megacity syn 高额 高額 gāo é high quota / large amount 大批 dà pī large quantities of syn 大肠 大腸 dà cháng the large intestine 大宗 dà zōng large amount / staple / influential family of long standing syn 大计 大計 dà jì large scale program of lasting importance / project of paramount importance / to think big / annual national audit syn 榔头 榔頭 láng tou hammer / large hammer / sledgehammer syn 轰轰烈烈 轟轟烈烈 hōng hōng liè liè strong / vigorous / large-scale syn 涌现 湧現 yǒng xiàn to emerge in large numbers / to spring up / to emerge prominently 重金 zhòng jīn large sum of money 大河 dà hé large river (esp the Yellow River) 分家 fēn jiā to separate and live apart / division of a large family into smaller groups 堆积如山 堆積如山 duī jī rú shān to pile up like a mountain (idiom) / a mountain of (paperwork etc) / a large number of sth syn 矗立 chù lì to tower / standing tall and upright (of large building) syn 群居 qún jū to live together (in a large group or flock) syn 大步 dà bù large strides syn 大刀 dà dāo broadsword / large knife / machete 琵琶 pí pa pipa, Chinese lute, with 4 strings, a large pear-shaped body and a fretted fingerboard 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 大大小小 dà dà xiǎo xiǎo large and small / of all sizes syn 大举 大舉 dà jǔ (do sth) on a large scale syn 箩筐 籮筐 luó kuāng large wicker basket syn 粗制滥造 粗製濫造 cū zhì làn zào to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom) / rough and slipshod work syn 大饼 大餅 dà bǐng large flat bread syn 大件 dà jiàn large / bulky / big-ticket item 肥硕 肥碩 féi shuò fleshy (fruit) / plump / large and firm-fleshed (limbs, body) / stout syn 大跌 dà diē large fall syn 大户 大戶 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer syn 成片 chéng piàn (of a large number of things) to form an expanse / to cover an area 巨幅 jù fú extremely large (of paintings, photographs etc) 大抵 dà dǐ generally speaking / by and large / for the most part syn 辈出 輩出 bèi chū to come forth in large numbers syn 大数 大數 dà shù a large number syn 千岛湖 千島湖 qiān dǎo hú Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959 狮子头 獅子頭 shī zi tóu large meatball ("lion's head") syn 大一统 大一統 dà yī tǒng unification (of the nation) / large scale unification syn 包场 包場 bāo chǎng to reserve all the seats (or a large block of seats) at a theater, restaurant etc 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 吞吐 tūn tǔ to take in and send out (in large quantities) syn 爆炒 bào chǎo to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame / to conduct a media blitz / to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling 普降 pǔ jiàng precipitation over a large area / widespread rain syn 大步流星 dà bù liú xīng at a stride / taking large steps (while walking) syn 肥肠 肥腸 féi cháng pig-gut (large intestine used as foodstuff) syn 三弦 sān xián sanxian, large family of 3-stringed plucked musical instruments, with snakeskin covered wooden soundbox and long neck, used in folk music, opera and Chinese orchestra syn 丰碑 豐碑 fēng bēi large inscribed stele / fig. great achievement / imperishable masterpiece syn 遍地开花 遍地開花 biàn dì kāi huā (idiom) to blossom everywhere / to spring up all over the place / to flourish on a large scale 大族 dà zú large and influential family / clan syn 大兴土木 大興土木 dà xīng tǔ mù to carry out large scale construction syn 较大 較大 jiào dà comparatively large 大股东 大股東 dà gǔ dōng large stockholder / majority shareholder 大问题 大問題 dà wèn tí great problem / large problem 