重 大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant 伟 大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) 大 big / huge / large / major / great / wide / deep / older (than) / oldest / eldest / greatly / very much / (dialect) father / father's elder or younger brother 宏 大 hóng dà great / grand 浩 大 hào dà vast / great / large amount 大 家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert 很 多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) 努 力 great effort / to strive / to try hard 大 量 dà liàng great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous 英 国 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 kāi xīn to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb 大 师 dà shī great master / master 多 么 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 大 众 dà zhòng the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc) 长 城 Cháng chéng the Great Wall 大 汉 dà hàn big person / the great Han dynasty 超 值 chāo zhí great value / well worthwhile 好 不 容 易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty / very difficult 悠 悠 yōu yōu lasting for ages / long drawn out / remote in time or space / unhurried / a great number (of events) / preposterous / pensive 大 桥 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 急 速 jí sù hurried / at a great speed / rapid (development) 热 卖 rè mài to sell strongly / to be in great demand 明 珠 míng zhū pearl / jewel (of great value) 大 同 Dà tóng (Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society) 沧 桑 cāng sāng great changes / ups and downs / vicissitudes / abbr. of 滄海桑田|沧海桑田[cang1 hai3 sang1 tian2] 名 师 míng shī famous master / great teacher 大 问 题 dà wèn tí great problem / large problem 大 户 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer 慌 忙 huāng máng in a great rush / in a flurry 红 楼 梦 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 dà jīng with great alarm 大 餐 dà cān great meal / banquet 费 力 fèi lì to expend a great deal of effort 波 澜 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) 强 国 qiáng guó powerful country / great power 伟 业 wěi yè exploit / great undertaking 富 含 fù hán to contain in great quantities / rich in 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) 淋 漓 尽 致 lín lí jìn zhì lit. extreme saturation (idiom) / fig. vividly and thoroughly / in great detail / without restraint / (of a performance) brilliant 惋 惜 wǎn xī to regret / to feel that it is a great pity / to feel sorry for sb 大 胜 dà shèng to defeat decisively / to win decisively / great victory / triumph 大 革 命 dà gé mìng great revolution 大 院 dà yuàn courtyard (surrounded by many buildings) / compound / great institution 强 忍 qiáng rěn to resist (with great difficulty) 杀 机 shā jī desire to commit murder / great danger 雄 心 xióng xīn great ambition / lofty aspiration 不 怎 么 样 bù zěn me yàng not up to much / very indifferent / nothing great about it / nothing good to be said about it 伟 人 wěi rén great person 大 业 dà yè great cause / great undertaking 林 立 lín lì to stand in great numbers 宗 师 zōng shī great scholar respected for learning and integrity 大 圣 dà shèng great sage / mahatma / king / emperor / outstanding personage / Buddha 兴 高 采 烈 xìng gāo cǎi liè happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight 北 斗 Běi dǒu Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1 hua4 Xian4], Taiwan 用 功 yòng gōng diligent / industrious (in one's studies) / to study hard / to make great effort 小 桥 Xiǎo Qiáo Xiao 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 人 民 大 会 堂 Rén mín Dà huì táng the Great Hall of the People (in Beijing) 大 智 慧 dà zhì huì great wisdom and knowledge (Buddhism) 辛 辛 苦 苦 xīn xīn kǔ kǔ painstakingly / with great trouble 大 街 小 巷 dà jiē xiǎo xiàng great streets and small alleys (idiom) / everywhere in the city 般 若 bō rě Sanskrit prajña: wisdom / great wisdom / wondrous knowledge 大 雄 dà xióng great hero / main Buddhist image (in temple) 波 涛 bō tāo great waves / billows 津 津 有 味 jīn jīn yǒu wèi with keen interest (idiom) / with great pleasure / with gusto / eagerly 大 峡 谷 Dà xiá gǔ great valley / Grand Canyon of Colorado River 悉 心 xī xīn to put one's heart (and soul) into sth / with great care 重 担 zhòng dàn heavy burden / difficult task / great responsibility 发 扬 光 大 fā yáng guāng dà to develop and promote / to carry forward / to bring to great height of development 唐 伯 虎 Táng Bó hǔ Tang Bohu or Tang Yin 唐寅 / (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子 大 功 dà gōng great merit / great service 太 祖 tài zǔ Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty) 巨 变 jù biàn great changes 大 清 Dà Qīng Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) 参 天 cān tiān reach high to the sky / tall / of great height 好 容 易 hǎo róng yì (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty / to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc) / (literal usage) so easy 民 族 主 义 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 / Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 / (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism 大 乘 Dà shèng Mahayana, the Great Vehicle / Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond / also pr. [Da4 cheng2] 厚 望 hòu wàng great hopes / great expectations 不 厌 其 烦 bù yàn qí fán not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom) / to take great pains / to be very patient 奔 流 bēn liú to flow at great speed / to pour / racing current 盛 情 shèng qíng great kindness / magnificent hospitality 列 强 liè qiáng the Great Powers (history) 塞 外 sài wài territories beyond the Great Wall (old) 抢 手 qiǎng shǒu (of goods) popular / in great demand 壮 志 zhuàng zhì great goal / magnificent aspiration 地 藏 Dì zàng Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi) / also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva 大 地 震 dà dì zhèn great earthquake 大 张 旗 鼓 dà zhāng qí gǔ with great fanfare 大 千 世 界 dà qiān shì jiè great wide world / marvelously diverse world / (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4]) 山 海 关 Shān hǎi guān Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall / Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 shi4], Hebei 珍 视 zhēn shì to place great importance on / to treasure 大 仙 dà xiān great immortal 欢 天 喜 地 huān tiān xǐ dì delighted / with great joy / in high spirits 八 达 岭 Bā dá lǐng Badaling, a particular section of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination 万 里 长 城 Wàn lǐ Cháng chéng the Great Wall 远 航 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air / voyage / long-haul flight 登 峰 造 极 dēng fēng zào jí to reach great heights (in technical skills or scholastic achievements) 硕 果 shuò guǒ major achievement / great work / triumphant success
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