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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)
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not very / not too / not often
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to grow up
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greatly / enormously / (dialect) dad / uncle
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huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
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(of an area) vast or extensive / large-scale / widespread / (of people) numerous
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big and strong; formidable; powerful
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great / important / major / significant
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to expand / to enlarge / to broaden one's scope
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huge; immense; enormous; gigantic
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tall; lofty; towering
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to enlarge / to magnify
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to enlarge / to amplify / to magnify
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great; grand
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exceptionally big
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grand / majestic / magnificent
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huge; enormous; tremendous
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old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang
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to expand / to strengthen
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to develop and promote / to carry forward / to bring to great height of development
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to exaggerate
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see 大夫
Atlanta
Bermuda
splendid / magnificent / abbr. for 中國光大銀行|中国光大银行, China Everbright Bank
National Cheng Kung University (abbr. for 成功大學|成功大学)
Jiaotong University / University of Communications / abbr. of 交通大學|交通大学
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)
swelling / enlargement / hypertrophy
(jocular) to be under great pressure (a pun on 亞歷山大|亚历山大)
big / huge / massive
Bogota, capital of Colombia
maximum / enormous
gargantuan / as big as the sky / enormous
abbr. for 師範大學|师范大学, normal university / teacher training college
Alexander (name) / Alexandria (town name)
how old? / how big? / how much? / so big / that much
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
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)
to increase (e.g. one's effort)
to get mad; to be very angry
Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
(of clothes) baggy; loose / (of a person) fat; stout / (medicine) hypertrophy
far-reaching / broad / ambitious / promising
thick / bulky / loud
cell phone (bulky, early-model one); brick phone / mob boss
spacious / wide / lenient
greatest / most important
to have a big head / (fig.) to get a headache / one's head is swimming
abbr. for 醫科大學|医科大学, university of medicine
correspondence university (abbr. for 函授大學|函授大学)
(of a person) honorable; not devious / (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly / (of a situation) out in the open
(idiom) to possess great magical power; to possess remarkable abilities
Judas / Judah (son of Jacob)
so big / such a big
the implications are profound / the ramifications are huge / (of a decision etc) consequential
abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005) / abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS) / abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (INC) / abbr. for 馬來西亞印度國民大會黨|马来西亚印度国民大会党, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC)
Beijing Normal University / abbr. for 北京師範大學|北京师范大学
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
tall and strong
arrogant
huge
big boss / leader of a group / dominant (position)
this is no small thing (idiom) / to have a serious matter at hand
to have a future full of promise
bold / unafraid
daring / bold / audacious
broad; extensive
(coll.) to feel as though one's head could explode (Tw)
swollen
lucky (to have escaped death or serious injury)
penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)
arrogant; to put on airs / (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale
to swell; to inflate
to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
medium-sized
coxswain / steersman / boatswain (bo'sun)
worthless scholar / useless wretch
ridiculous self-importance (idiom); arrogance
(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
to think of oneself as terrific (idiom); arrogant
to dominate over all others / to wield all the power / to reign supreme
abbr. for Jinan University 暨南大學|暨南大学
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)
eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
Martha (biblical name)
Nanjing University, NJU (abbr. for 南京大學|南京大学)
Columbia University (abbr.)
comparatively large
to raise (a child or animal)
(slang) female university student; female college student
Papa Xi, nickname for Xi Jinping 習近平|习近平
(slang) male university student; male college student
female gang leader / the top woman in her field; doyenne; matriarch
Bethsaida, settlement on the shore of the Sea of Galilee mentioned in the New Testament

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