"Bigger" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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更大 gèng dà bigger / even bigger
大于 dà yú greater than / bigger than / more than, >
大一些 dà yī xiē a bit bigger
推波助澜 tuī bō zhù lán to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom) / to add momentum / to encourage sth to get bigger / to add fuel to the fire
中阮 zhōng ruǎn zhongruan or alto lute, like pipa 琵琶 / but bigger and lower range
只见树木不见森林 zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín unable to see the wood for the trees / fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture
不啻天渊 bù chì tiān yuān no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom) / differing widely / worlds apart / the gap couldn't be bigger
眼馋肚饱 yǎn chán dù bǎo to have eyes bigger than one's belly (idiom)
大阮 dà ruǎn daruan or bass lute, like pipa 琵琶 / and zhongruan 中阮 / but bigger and lower range
小洞不堵，大洞吃苦 xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng chī kǔ a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom) / a stitch in time saves nine
装Ｂ zhuāng bī pretentious bastard (vulgar) / person who pretends to be bigger or richer than they are (vulgar)
㲋 chuò ancient name for an animal similar to rabbit but bigger
孔融让梨 Kǒng Róng ràng lí Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty
瘦死的骆驼比马大 shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà 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
不顾大局 bù gù dà jú to give no consideration to the bigger picture (usually implying selfishness)
大环境 dà huán jìng the environment (from a macro perspective) / the broader context / the bigger picture
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