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自高自大
zì gāo zì dà
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to think of oneself as terrific (idiom); arrogant
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大同
dà tóng
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(Confucianism) Great Harmony (concept of an ideal society)
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大字报
dà zì bào
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big-character poster
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大户
dà hù
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great family;
rich family;
large landlord;
conspicuous spender or consumer
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大校
dà xiào
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senior ranking officer in Chinese army;
senior colonel
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大煞风景
dà shā fēng jǐng
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see 大殺風景|大杀风景[da4 sha1 feng1 jing3]
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大熊座
dà xióng zuò
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Ursa Major, the Great Bear (constellation)
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大节
dà jié
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major festival;
important matter;
major principle;
high moral character
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大舅子
dà jiù zi
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(coll.) wife's older brother
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大通
dà tōng
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Datong district of Huainan city 淮南市[Huai2 nan2 shi4], Anhui;
Datong Hui and Tu autonomous county in Xining 西寧|西宁[Xi1 ning2], Qinghai
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大陆架
dà lù jià
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continental shelf
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滔天大罪
tāo tiān dà zuì
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heinous crime
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顾全大局
gù quán dà jú
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to take the big picture into consideration (idiom);
to work for the benefits of all
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人高马大
rén gāo mǎ dà
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tall and strong
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外交大臣
wài jiāo dà chén
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Foreign Secretary;
(UK) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
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大久保
dà jiǔ bǎo
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Japanese surname and place name Oukubo
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大胜
dà shèng
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to defeat decisively;
to win decisively;
great victory;
triumph
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大大方方
dà dà fāng fāng
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confident;
calm;
natural;
poised
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大抵
dà dǐ
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generally speaking;
by and large;
for the most part
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大数
dà shù
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Tarsus, Mediterranean city in Turkey, the birthplace of St Paul;
a large number
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大有文章
dà yǒu wén zhāng
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some deeper meaning in this;
more to it than meets the eye;
there's sth behind all this
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大有裨益
dà yǒu bì yì
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bringing great benefits (idiom); very useful;
of great service;
to help greatly;
to serve one well
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大义凛然
dà yì lǐn rán
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devotion to righteousness that inspires reverence (idiom)
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大葱
dà cōng
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leek;
Chinese onion
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大逆不道
dà nì bù dào
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disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society)
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