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  *大* | 大* | *大
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
HSK 1
not very / not too / not often
HSK 1
big and strong; formidable; powerful
HSK 3
huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
HSK 3
greatly / enormously / (dialect) dad / uncle
HSK 2
huge; immense; enormous; gigantic
HSK 4
great / important / major / significant
HSK 3
to expand / to enlarge / to broaden one's scope
HSK 4
to enlarge / to magnify
HSK 5
to grow up
HSK 2
(of an area) vast or extensive / large-scale / widespread / (of people) numerous
HSK 3
to enlarge / to amplify / to magnify
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *大* | 大* | *大
see 大夫
great; grand
HSK 6
Papa Xi, nickname for Xi Jinping 習近平|习近平
to exaggerate
HSK 7-9
there are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子)
far-reaching / broad / ambitious / promising
splendid / magnificent / abbr. for 中國光大銀行|中国光大银行, China Everbright Bank
(coll.) to feel as though one's head could explode (Tw)
exceptionally big
HSK 6
comparatively large
(jocular) to be under great pressure (a pun on 亞歷山大|亚历山大)
Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学)
people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels – national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會|人民代表大会)
tall; lofty; towering
HSK 5
China Evergrande Group, or simply Evergrande, Chinese property developer founded in 1996 (abbr. for 恒大集團|恒大集团) / Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) (abbr. for 香港恒生大學|香港恒生大学)
Canada
China National People's Congress
Nanjing University, NJU (abbr. for 南京大學|南京大学)
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放, 大辯論|大辩论, 大字報|大字报 (PRC)
to develop and promote / to carry forward / to bring to great height of development
HSK 7-9
Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
the implications are profound / the ramifications are huge / (of a decision etc) consequential
National People's Congress (NPC) (abbr. for 全國人民代表大會|全国人民代表大会)
(of a person) honorable; not devious / (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly / (of a situation) out in the open
Beijing Normal University / abbr. for 北京師範大學|北京师范大学
(coll.) to raise (a child or animal) to adulthood; to bring up
broad; extensive
to expand / to strengthen
HSK 7-9
correspondence university (abbr. for 函授大學|函授大学)
to increase (e.g. one's effort)
to have a future full of promise
Jiaotong University / University of Communications / abbr. of 交通大學|交通大学
gargantuan / as big as the sky / enormous
to have a big head / (fig.) to get a headache / one's head is swimming
(of a person) to make a big fuss about (sth); to make a big deal of / (of an adverse situation) to get ugly; to blow up; to escalate
abbr. for 師範大學|师范大学, normal university / teacher training college
East China Normal University (abbr. for 華東師範大學|华东师范大学)
part-time college (abbr. for 業餘大學|业余大学)
(of clothes) baggy; loose / (of a person) fat; stout / (medicine) hypertrophy
tall and strong
to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
arrogant and conceited
old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang
HSK 7-9
how old? / how big? / how much? / so big / that much
maximum / enormous
minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
grand / majestic / magnificent
HSK 7-9
spacious / wide / lenient
vast; huge
penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)
Alexander (name) / Alexandria (town name)
(idiom) to possess great magical power; to possess remarkable abilities
huge; enormous; tremendous
HSK 7-9
Atlanta
National Cheng Kung University (abbr. for 成功大學|成功大学)
so big / such a big
abbr. for 醫科大學|医科大学, university of medicine
cell phone (bulky, early-model one); brick phone / mob boss
Fudan University, Shanghai, abbr. for 復旦大學|复旦大学
to dominate over all others / to wield all the power / to reign supreme
(idiom) to have a sprawling business
arrogant
East China Normal University (abbr. for 華東師範大學|华东师范大学)
pretentious and vacuous person
coxswain / steersman / boatswain (bo'sun)
(slang) female university student; female college student
to get mad; to be very angry
abbr. for 聯合國大會|联合国大会, United Nations General Assembly / abbr. for 國立西南聯合大學|国立西南联合大学, National Southwest Combined University
big / huge / massive
Bermuda
arrogant; to put on airs / (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale
to be as kind and benevolent as heaven (idiom)
worthless scholar / useless wretch
swelling / enlargement / hypertrophy
this is no small thing (idiom) / to have a serious matter at hand
magnanimous / considerate / thoughtful / able to think of everything that needs to be thought of
Bogota, capital of Colombia
swollen
to think of oneself as terrific (idiom); arrogant
lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom) / fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people / a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
medium-sized
abbr. for Jinan University 暨南大學|暨南大学
Martha (biblical name)
Columbia University (abbr.)
to put on airs / self-important / high and mighty

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