大多数 大多數 dà duō shù (great) majority syn 多数 多數 duō shù majority / most syn 绝大多数 絕大多數 jué dà duō shù the vast majority syn 大股东 大股東 dà gǔ dōng large stockholder / majority shareholder 大多数人 大多數人 dà duō shù rén most people / the majority of people 绝大部分 絕大部份 jué dà bù fen overwhelming majority syn 居多 jū duō to be in the majority syn 大部份 dà bù fen (in) large part / (the) greater part / the majority 大部分 大部份 dà bù fen the greater part / the majority / most / Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4] syn 大部 dà bù the greater part / the majority / most syn 十有八九 shí yǒu bā jiǔ most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority syn 公决 公決 gōng jué public decision (by ballot) / majority decision / a joint decision / referendum syn 十之八九 shí zhī bā jiǔ most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority syn 人云亦云 rén yún yì yún to say what everyone says (idiom) / to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view / to follow the herd syn 京族 jīng zú Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi / Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam 多数党 多數黨 duō shù dǎng majority party 多数决 多數決 duō shù jué majority decision 太半 tài bàn more than half / a majority / most / mostly 泰半 tài bàn more than half / a majority / most / mostly 绝对大多数 絕對大多數 jué duì dà duō shù absolute majority 简单多数 簡單多數 jiǎn dān duō shù plurality / simple majority 绝对多数 絕對多數 jué duì duō shù absolute majority 三分之二多数 三分之二多數 sān fēn zhī èr duō shù two-thirds majority 非多数族群 non-majority community 多数决制 majority rule 相对多数 相對多數 plurality / simple majority 法定成年 civil majority 法定多数 法定多數 majority required 铁票区 鐵票區 tiě piào qū (Tw) safe seat (in an election) / stronghold (for a political party or candidate) / a district in which a majority of voters consistently votes for a particular party or candidate 波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn 大业 大業 dà yè great cause / great undertaking syn 大功 dà gōng great merit / great service syn 厚望 hòu wàng great hopes / great expectations 贤人 賢人 xián rén great person of the past / venerable forebear / the great and the good syn 大吉大利 dà jí dà lì great luck, great profit (idiom) / everything is thriving syn 宏愿 宏願 hóng yuàn great aspiration / great ambition syn 玄孙 玄孫 xuán sūn great-great-grandson 五大湖 wǔ dà hú Great Lakes / the five north American Great Lakes 人多势众 人多勢眾 rén duō shì zhòng many men, a great force (idiom) / many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers. syn 大有裨益 dà yǒu bì yì bringing great benefits (idiom) / very useful / of great service / to help greatly / to serve one well 无毒不丈夫 無毒不丈夫 wú dú bù zhàng fu no poison, no great man (idiom) / A great man has to be ruthless. 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志 燕雀安知鴻鵠之志 yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? 高祖父 gāo zǔ fù great-great-grandfather 高祖母 gāo zǔ mǔ great-great-grandmother syn 嚭 pǐ great / great fortune 大勇若怯，大智若愚 dà yǒng ruò qiè , dà zhì ruò yú a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid (idiom) / the general public may not recognize great talent 大呼拉尔 大呼拉爾 dà hū lā ěr State Great Khural or Great State Assembly, Mongolian parliament 天妒英才 tiān dù yīng cái heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom) / the great have great hardship to contend with / those whom the Gods love die young 燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志 燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志 yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? 显考 顯考 xiǎn kǎo honorific term for one's deceased father / (arch.) great-great-grandfather 赑屃 贔屭 bì xì (literary) (Chinese mythology) creature resembling a turtle with the head of a dragon, said to be capable of bearing great loads, often carved as plinths for steles in former times / (literary) strenuous / exerting great force 精神奕奕 jīng shén yì yì in great spirits / to have great vitality 秘书长大湖区问题特使 秘書長大湖區問題特使 Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on the Great Lakes Region / Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region 大湖区问题特使 大湖區問題特使 Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on the Great Lakes Region / Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region 打麻雀运动 打麻雀運動 dǎ má què yùn dòng the Great Sparrow Campaign or the Four Pests Campaign, one of the actions during the Great Leap Forward 大躍進|大跃进[Da4 yue4 jin4] aiming to eliminate four pests: rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows 如临大敌 如臨大敵 rú lín dà dí lit. as if meeting a great enemy (idiom) / fig. cautious / with great preoccupation / with strict precaution syn 大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 大量 dà liàng great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous syn 重大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant 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] 开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb syn 大师 大師 dà shī great master / master syn 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 大众 大眾 dà zhòng the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc) syn 伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) syn 长城 長城 cháng chéng the Great Wall syn 超值 chāo zhí to be well worth the money one pays (for it) / to be great value 好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty / very difficult syn 大有 dà yǒu there is a great deal of ... (typically followed by a bisyllabic word, as in 大有希望[da4you3-xi1wang4]) / (literary) bumper harvest / abundance 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 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 急速 jí sù hurried / at a great speed / rapid (development) syn 热卖 熱賣 rè mài to sell strongly / to be in great demand 明珠 míng zhū pearl / jewel (of great value) 大同 dà tóng see 大同市[Da4tong2 Shi4] / see 大同鄉|大同乡[Da4tong2 Xiang1] / see 大同區|大同区[Da4tong2 Qu1] / (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society) 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 名师 名師 míng shī famous master / great teacher syn 大问题 大問題 dà wèn tí great problem / large problem 大帝 dà dì heavenly emperor / "the Great" (title) syn 大户 大戶 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer syn 慌忙 huāng máng in a great rush / in a flurry syn 红楼梦 紅樓夢 hóng lóu mèng A Dream of Red Mansions (first completed edition 1791) by Cao Xueqin 曹雪芹[Cao2 Xue3 qin2], one of the four great novels 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 大惊 大驚 dà jīng with great alarm 费力 費力 fèi lì to expend a great deal of effort syn 强国 強國 qiáng guó powerful country / great power syn 伟业 偉業 wěi yè exploit / great undertaking syn 富含 fù hán to contain in great quantities / rich in syn 追捧 zhuī pěng to exhibit great enthusiasm for sb or sth / to embrace / favor / acclaim / adulation / high demand 新政 xīn zhèng new policy / New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression) syn 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 惋惜 wǎn xī to regret / to feel that it is a great pity / to feel sorry for sb syn 大胜 大勝 dà shèng to defeat decisively / to win decisively / great victory / triumph syn 大革命 dà gé mìng great revolution 宏大 hóng dà great / grand syn 强忍 強忍 qiáng rěn to resist (with great difficulty) 杀机 殺機 shā jī desire to commit murder / great danger 雄心 xióng xīn great ambition / lofty aspiration syn 