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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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greatly / enormously / (dialect) dad / uncle
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to grow up
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great / important / major / significant
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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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huge / immense / very large / tremendous / gigantic / enormous
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to expand / to enlarge / to broaden one's scope
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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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exceptionally big
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great; grand
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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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grand / majestic / magnificent
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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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  *大* | 大* | *大
see 大夫
gargantuan / as big as the sky / enormous
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)
comparatively large
Canada
abbr. for 師範大學|师范大学, normal university / teacher training college
greatest / most important
maximum / enormous
abbr. for 醫科大學|医科大学, university of medicine
far-reaching / broad / ambitious / promising
Nanjing University, NJU (abbr. for 南京大學|南京大学)
broad; extensive
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)
swelling / enlargement / hypertrophy
Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
splendid / magnificent / abbr. for 中國光大銀行|中国光大银行, China Everbright Bank
thick / bulky / loud
evening college (abbr. for 夜大學|夜大学)
National Cheng Kung University (abbr. for 成功大學|成功大学)
Bogota, capital of Colombia
Atlanta
cell phone (bulky, early-model one); brick phone / mob boss
to swell; to inflate
abbr. for Jinan University 暨南大學|暨南大学
to increase (e.g. one's effort)
(of clothes) baggy; loose / (of a person) fat; stout / (medicine) hypertrophy
bold / unafraid
big / huge / massive
vast; huge
Alexander (name) / Alexandria (town name)
daring / bold / audacious
arrogant
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
lucky (to have escaped death or serious injury)
tall and strong
spacious / wide / lenient
(idiom) to possess great magical power; to possess remarkable abilities
to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
medium-sized
Judas / Judah (son of Jacob)
Bermuda
(of a person) honorable; not devious / (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly / (of a situation) out in the open
lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom) / fig. foolish conceit
penny wise and pound foolish (idiom)
coxswain / steersman / boatswain (bo'sun)
ridiculous self-importance (idiom); arrogance
African National Congress, ANC / abbr. for 非洲人國民大會|非洲人国民大会
correspondence university (abbr. for 函授大學|函授大学)
to think of oneself as terrific (idiom); arrogant
so big / such a big
Martha (biblical name)
to raise (a child or animal)
worthless scholar / useless wretch
part-time college (abbr. for 業餘大學|业余大学)
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)
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
how old? / how big? / how much? / so big / that much
Fudan University, Shanghai, abbr. for 復旦大學|复旦大学
huge
to get mad; to be very angry
swollen
arrogant and conceited
(jocular) to be under great pressure (a pun on 亞歷山大|亚历山大)
(slang) female university student; female college student
Beijing Normal University / abbr. for 北京師範大學|北京师范大学
(slang) male university student; male college student
East China Normal University (abbr. for 華東師範大學|华东师范大学)
female gang leader / the top woman in her field; doyenne; matriarch
(coll.) to feel as though one's head could explode (Tw)
Bethsaida, settlement on the shore of the Sea of Galilee mentioned in the New Testament
Columbia University (abbr.)
this is no small thing (idiom) / to have a serious matter at hand
eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
(of a child etc) small as a mite / minuscule
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

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