大 dà

1. dà adjective big; huge; large
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale
   Notes: Middle Chinese: daH; the opposite of 小 'small'. For example, 大规模 'large scale.' Note that adjectives of size, like 大, must precede adjectives relating to shape. For example, 大黑马 'large black horse' (ABC 'dà' sv 1; CED '大' 1; GHC '大' 1; Guoyu '大' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '大' 1, p. 73; NCCED '大' 1; Sun 2006, loc. 1766).
2. dà noun Kangxi radical 37
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '大' n 4)
3. dà adjective great; major; important
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '大' adj 4)
4. dà noun size
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale
   Notes: For example, what is the size of the dog? 狗多大？(CED '大'; NCCED '大' 2)
5. dà adjective old
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: In the sense of 年长 (ABC 'dà' sv 3; CED '大' 6; GHC '大' 4; Guoyu '大' adj 2; NCCED '大' 2). For example, as a very old age 年龄很大.
6. dà adverb greatly; very
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale
   Notes: For example, greatly terrified 大怖 (ABC 'dà' v 1; CED '大' 7; GHC '大' 6; Guoyu '大' adv 1; NCCED '大' 4)
7. dà adjective oldest; earliest
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In this use, 大 is a 指大 'augmentative' prefix (Crystal 2008, 'augmentative'; Sun 2006, loc. 695). For example, big sister 大姐 (CED '大' 10; GHC '大' 5; Guoyu '大' adj 5; NCCED '大' 5)
8. dà noun adult
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 大人 (Guoyu '大' n 2; NCCED '大' 6)
9. tài adverb greatest; grand
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Same as 太 (GHC '大' 7; Guoyu '大' tài; Kroll 2015 '大', p. 73)
10. dài noun an important person
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 大夫 'doctor' (ABC 'dài'; CED '大'; Guoyu '大' dài; NCCED '大')
11. dà adjective senior
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '大' adj 3)
12. dà adverb approximately
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: As in 大概 (Guoyu '大' adv 4)
13. tài adverb greatest; grand
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Same as 太 (GHC '大' 7; Kroll 2015 '大', p. 73)

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• 拉大便 to poop; to defecate
• 绝对大多数(絕對大多數) an absolute majority; an overwhelming majority
• 大人不记小人过(大人不記小人過) a person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low moral stature
• 富商大贾(富商大賈) tycoon; magnate
• 远大理想(遠大理想) lofty ideal
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• 大镰刀(大鐮刀) scythe
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• 大不了 at worst; if worst comes to worst; serious; alarming
• 大殿 main hall
• 大忙人 busy bee; very busy person
• 伐大国(伐大國) to defeat a major state
• 贪小失大(貪小失大) penny wise and pound foolish
• 小洞不堵沉大船 A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship.
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• 大先知书(大先知書) the biblical books of the prophets
• 大气层(大氣層) atmosphere
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• 尾大不掉 large tail obstructs action; bottom heavy; rendered ineffective by subordinates
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• 一个头两个大(一個頭兩個大) to feel as though one's head could explode
• 大屠杀(大屠殺) massacre; Holocaust
• 大卫营和约(大衛營和約) the Camp David agreement of 1978 brokered by President Jimmy Carter between Israel and Egypt
• 三官大帝 the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)

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• 卷二百十二 列傳第一百 俞大猷 戚繼光 劉顯 李錫 張元勳 Volume 212 Biographies 100: Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, Liu Xian, Li Xi, Zhang Yuanxun History of Ming 明史 — count: 149
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 132
• 卷六十 志第十三 天文十三 Volume 60 Treatises 13: Astronomy 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 120
• 卷六十四 志第十七 五行二下 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Five Elements 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 120
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• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 110
• 卷一百二十九 志第八十二 樂四 Volume 129 Treatises 82: Music 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 108
• 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 107
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Collocations

• 小大 (小大) 政有小大 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 7
• 大任 (大任) 大任有身 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧大明 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Da Ming — count: 4
• 大坏 (大壞) 召穆公傷周室大壞也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧蕩 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Dang — count: 3
• 大淫 (大淫) 大淫泆 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 多士 Zhou Shu - Numerous Officers — count: 3
• 大平 (大平) 大平也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧既醉 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Ji Jiu — count: 3
• 用大 (用大) 是用大諫 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧民勞 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Min Lu — count: 3
• 大赉 (大賚) 予其大賚汝 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誓 Shang Shu - Speech of Tang — count: 2
• 大谏 (大諫) 是用大諫 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧民勞 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Min Lu — count: 2
• 大川 (大川) 奠高山大川 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 2
• 大木 (大木) 大木斯拔 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 2